Tōhō

Tōhō Co., Ltd. (東宝株式会社, Tōhō Kabushiki-kaisha ^?, TYO: 9602) is a Japanese film production company based in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho company. In the East, it is best known for the large number of kaiju (monster) and tokusatsu (special effects) films, the tokusatsu Chouseishin TV series, Akira Kurosawa's films, and anime films produced by the film studio Studio Ghibli. His greatest creation and most successful both nationally and internationally is Godzilla,^{[citation needed]} known as The King of the Monsters. Toho has also participated in numerous anime films.

History

Toho was founded in 1932 by the privately owned Hankyu Railway as the Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company (東京宝塚劇場株式会社, Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō Kabushiki-kaisha^?). The company produced many kabuki plays in the city of Tokyo.

In the 1950s, many of his films were exported to the United States, where they were quite successful. Toho opened the La Brea movie theater in Los Angeles in order to show his films and distribute them. The company was then known as the Toho Theatre during the 1960s and 1970s. Toho also opened movie theaters in San Francisco and New York. The latter in 1963.

The company split, forming a new company called Shintoho that only survived until 1961.

The Toho company has also contributed to the production of American films, such as Sam Raimi's film , A Simple Plan (1998).

The company's subsidiaries include Toho Pictures Incorporated, Toho International Company Limited, Toho E. B. Company Limited, Toho Music Corporation and Toho Costume Company Limited.

Production and distribution

Movies

1930s

• Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
• Enoken's Ten Millions (1936)
• Enoken's Ten Millions Sequel (1936)
• Tokyo Rhapsody (1936)
• Husband Chastity (1937)
• Tojuro's Love (1938)
• Enoken's Shrewd Period (1939)
• Chushingura I (1939)
• Chushingura II (1939)

1940s

• Song of Kunya (1940)
• Enoken Has His Hair Cropped (1940)
• Songoku: Monkey Sun (1940)
• The horse (1941)
• The legend of the great Judo (1943)

1950s

• Ikiru (1952)
• The seven samurai (1954)
• Godzilla (1954)
• Toumei ningen (1954)
• The Sound of the Mountain (1954)
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
• Sazae-san (1956)
• Rodan (1956)
• The Mysterians (1957)
• Daikaijū Varan (1958)
• The Hidden Fortress (1958)
• Battle in Outer Space (1959)

1960s

• Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm in the Pacific Ocean (1960)
• The Last War (1961)
• Mothra (1961)
• Yojimbo (1961)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Sanjuro (1962)
• Atragon (1963)
• Matango (1964)
• San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen (1964)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Devil Woman (1964)
• Kaijū Daisensō (1965)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• Punch Guy (1966)
• Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō (1966)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Kaijū-tō no Kessen Gojira no Musuko (1967)
• Kaijū Sōshingeki (1968)
• Gojira-Minira-Gabara: ⋅ru Kaijū Daishingeki (1969)

1970s

• Space Amoeba (1970)
• The Vampire Doll (1970)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah(1971)
• Lake of Dracula(1971)
• Chikyū Kogeki Meirei Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)
• Godzilla tai Megalon (1973)
• Submersion of Japan (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
• Evil of Dracula (1974)
• Lupin III (1974)
• Mechagodzilla no Gyakushū (1975)
• Demon Spies (1975)
• The War in Space (1977)
• Zero Fighter (1976)

1980s

• Doraemon and aftermath (1980-present)
• The magician of Oz (1982)
• Abyss Story and aftermath (1983-1996)
• Godzilla (1984)
• Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi Ni Kaeritai (1988)
• Akira (1988)
• My neighbor Totoro (1988, co-production with Studio Ghibli)
• Godzilla tai Biollante (1989)

1990s

• Devil Hunter Yohko (1990)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
• Ringu (1998)
• Rasen (1998)
• Ringu 2 (1999)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

2000s

• Ringu 0: Bāsudei (2000)
• Godzilla tai Megaguirus: G Shōmetsu Sakusen (2000)
• Metropolis (2001)
• Spirited Away (2001), coproduction with Studio Ghibli)
• The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2001), co-productions with Shin-Ei Animation and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Inuyasha movies (2001-2004), co-productions with Sunrise
• Hamtaro Movie 1: Hamu Hamu Rando Daibouken/Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001) (distributor)
• Hamtaro Movie 2: Hamu Hamu Hamu Maboroshi no Purinces/Princess of Vision (2002) (distributor)
• Beyblade Movie THE MOVIE θ!!!! ⋅ verseVSγ - Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs Daichi) (2002)
• Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Daikaijū Sōkōgeki (2002)
• Hamtaro Movie 3: Hamu Hamu Guran Purin/Ham-Ham Grand Prix (2003) (distributor)
• Godzilla × Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
• Howl no Ugoku Shiro (2004), coproduction with Studio Ghibli)
• Naruto: Dai katsugeki! Yuki Hime Shinobu Hōjō Dattebayo! (2004)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Steamboy (2004)
• Hamtaro movie 4: Hamutaro to Fushigi no Oni no Ehon Tou/Hamtaro and the Mysterious Ogre's Picture Book Tower (2004) (distributor)
• Lolerei (2005)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• NANA (2005)
• Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)
• NANA 2 (2006)
• Animal Crossing (Series) (2006), co-production with Oriental Light and Magic, Nintendo, and Shōgakukan
• Touch Movie (2006)
• Rough (2006)
• Nothing Sousou (2006)
• Tamagotchi:The Movie (2007)
• Kimi is my first time (2009)

2010s

• A-Go episode:0 Inga-ron (2011), co-produced with BONES
• gyakuten saiban the movie (2012)
• Godzilla (2014), Co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures
• Kimi no Na wa. (2016)
• Kizumonogatari 1: Tekketsu-hen (2016)
• Kizumonogatari 2: Nekketsu-hen (2016)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Sangatsu no Lion (2017), distribution of both parts of the live-action
• Godzilla: Monster Planet (2017), animated by Polygon Pictures, in association with Netflix
• Godzilla: City on the edge of the battle (2018), animated by Polygon Pictures, in association with Netflix
• Godzilla: The Devouring Planets (2018), animated by Polygon Pictures, in association with Netflix
• Tenki no Ko (2019)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures
• Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen (2019), co-production with Twins Japan and Asmik Ace Entertainment

Years 2020

• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures

Television

• Godzilla Island

Tokusatsu

• Warrior Of Love: Rainbowman (1972)
• Meteor Man Zone (1973)
• Warrior Of Light: Diamond Eye (1973)
• Flying Saucer War Bankid (1976)
• Megaloman (1979)
• Eletronic Brain Police Cybercop (1989)
• Belle & Sebastian (1989)
• Seven Stars Fighting God Guyferd (1996)
• Godzilla Island (1997)
• Chouseishin Gransazer (2003)
• Genseishin Justirisers (2004)
• Chousei Kantai Sazer-X (2005)
• Raiden (TBA)

Anime TV

• Touch (1985)
• Midori Days (co-production) (2004)
• My Hero Academy (2016)
• Godzilla Singular Point (2021) co-produced by Bones, Orange and Netflix

Toho Kaiju List

• Godzilla
• Aguirus
• Rodan
• Fire
• Varan
• Mothra
• Maguma
• Giant Lizard
• Oodaku (Giant Octopus)
• King Kong (Toho)
• Matango
• Manda
• Dogora
• King Ghidorah
• Frankenstein
• Baragon
• Sanda
• Gaira
• Ebirah
• Ookondoru (Giant Condor)
• Mechani-Kong
• Gorosaurus
• Giant Sea Serpent
• Kamacuras
• Minilla
• Kumonga
• Gabara
• Maneater
• Gezora
• Ganimes
• Kamoebas
• Hedorah
• Gigan
• Jet Jaguar
• Megalon
• Zone Fighter (List of Toho Monstours in Zone Fighter)
• Mechagodzilla
• King Caesar
• Titanosaurus
• Godzuki
• Shockirus
• Biollante
• Dorats
• Godzillasaurus
• Mecha-King Ghidorah
• Battra
• Baby/Little/Junior Godzilla
• SpaceGodzilla
• Destoroyah
• Garu-Garu
• Mothra Leo
• Ghogo
• Dagahra
• Barem
• Zilla
• Orga
• Megaguirus
• Monster X

In North American comics (only as Kaiju Toho)

• Batragon
• Lepirax
• Censorship
• Ghilaron
• Red Ronin
• Yetrigar
• Beta Beast
• Rhiahn
• Krollar
• Triax
• Mutant Godzilla
• Genkido-Jin
• Cybersaurus
• Bagorah
• All-terraintula
• Burtannus Rex
• Lord Howe Monster
• Stranger

In Godzilla Series video games (as Kaiju Toho only)

• Balkzardan
• Barugaron
• Razin
• Vagnosaurus
• Shiigan
• Jyarumu
• Super Godzilla
• Bagan (Godzilla) - Only in Super Godzilla
• Obsidius
• Krystalak