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Japanese Film Studios and Distributors
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Albatros Film - 1978 - current
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Daiei - 1942-1971 - president was Masaichi Nagata - formed in 1942, when the Japanese government consolidated the production studios of Shinko, Daito, and Nikkatsu (Nikkatsu remained as an independent distribution company only).Three most successful films, Kurosawa Akira’s Rashomon (1950), which won the Grand Prize at the 1951 Venice Film Festival; Ugetsu monogatari (1953), directed by Mizoguchi Kenji; and Gate of Hell (1953–54), the first Japanese film to use colour, eased the company’s financial difficulties.; went bancrupt in 1971; revived in 1974 and finally closed in 2003
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Dentsu Inc. - 2000-current - large ad agency went into production and bought major share of Toho. Has produced several films since 2000
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Excellent Film - 1994-current
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GAGA Communications - 1988-current - produced about 50 films and distributed over 300 since its inception.
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Konami Corp - primarily video games but slowly moving into film production
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Mad House - 1983-current - produced over 50 films
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Nihon Toki -
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Nikkatsu -
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Nippon Katsudo Shashin - animation
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Shintoho - 1947-1960s - then revived - the studio formed from a labor strike at Toho in 1946 when 10 of Toho’s directors and top actors led hundreds of employees to form their own union. After negotiations, Toho gave the strikers old, unused studio grounds which were renamed Shintoho (New Toho).
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Shochiku Cinema Co. - 1895-current - founded as a Kabuki theater company in Kyoto. 1920 moved into film production and released first film; 1931 produced Japans first talkie; 1951 produced Japans first color film;
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Showa Kinema Co. -
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Studio Ghibli - 1985-current - animation company formed after the success of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - headed by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki. Films distributed by Toho.
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Teikoku Kinema Geijutsu -
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Tennenshoku Katsudo Shashin -
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Tenkatsu -
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Toei - 1938- original name wasTokyo Eiga Haikyu (Tokyo Film Distribution Company)
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Toho Film Co. - 1937-current - Hankyu Railway created a studio to supply their theaters along side their railway;
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Towa -
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Uplink Co - 1989-current - small distributor mainly re-distribution.
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Yokota & Co. - 1902-1912 - founded in Kyoto Japan and was the first dominant film studio - expande to documentaries during the Russo-Japanese War - merged with Yoshizawa & Co, M-Pathe, Hukuhou-do to form Nihon Katsudo Film, Inc., which was known as Nikkatsu.
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Yokota Bros. & Co. - 1901-1902 - founded by Masunosuke and Einosuke Yokota in Kyoto, Japan - imported Lumiere films and did travelling shows around Japan - 1902, Masunosuke left the business and the name was changed to Yokota & Co.
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