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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film and Television |
| Founded | October 1 1949, as Tōkyō Film Distribution (東京映画配給 Tōkyō Eiga Haikyō) |
| Headquarters | Chūō-ku Ginza 3-chōme 2-ban 17-kou, 104-8108 Tokyo , |
Area served |  Japan |
| Products | Motion pictures, publicity materials |
| Services | Film and TV distribution and marketing |
| Revenue | ¥ 66,300,000,000 (as of March 2006) |
Number of employees | 311 (as of March 31 2006) |
| Subsidiaries | Tōei Language Tech Center Tōei Animation Tōei Television Production Tōei Video Tōei Satellite Broadcasting |
| Website | (日本語) Tōei.co.jp |
The Tōkyō Film Public Corporation (東映株式会社, Tōei Kabushikigaisha') TYO: 9605 (incorporated as Tōkyō Film Distribution (東京映画配給, Tōkyō Eiga Haikyō) October 1 1949 (昭和二十四年十月一日, Shōwa nijūyonnen jūgatsu ichinichi, "the first Day of the tenth Month of the twenty-fourth Year of Enlightenment and Peace")) is a Japanese film and television production and distribution corporation. Headquartered at House 17, 2nd Lookout, 3rd District, Ginza, Chūō, Tōkyō (１０４－８１０８東京都中央区銀座三丁目二番十七号, Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Ginza sanchōme niban jūshichikou), Tōei owns and operates thirty-four (34) cinema houses across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930's United States; operates studios at Tōkyō and Kyōto; and is a stockholder in several television companies. Notable productions include animations (アニメ, Anime), live action dramas using special visual effects (特撮, Tokusatsu), and historical dramas (時代劇, Jidaigeki).
Tōei was a pioneer in the use of character transformation (変身, Henshin) in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the Kamen Rider Series (仮面ライダーシリーズ, Kamen Raidā Shiriizu), Devilman (デビルマン, Debiruman) and Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman); the genre currently continues (as of 2007) with the Metal Heroes series (メタルヒーローシリーズ, Metaru Hīrō Shiriizu) and Super Sentai series (スーパー戦隊シリーズ, Sūpā Sentai Shiriizu).
As of March 2006, Tōei retains 11% of its common stock and 16% of its preferred stock (朝株, lit., "morning stock").
(For background on historical action-films (チャンバラ Chanbara) see Samurai cinema.)
History
Tōkyō-Yokohama Films (東横映画, Tō-Yoko Eiga), incorporated 1938, had previously erected its facilities immediately east of the Tōkyō Kyūkō Tōkyō-Yokohama Line (東急東横線, Tōkyū Tō-Yoko Sen) right-of-way; they managed the Tōkyō Kyūkō Shibuya Yokohama studio system prior to V-J Day. From 1945 through the Tōei merger, Tōkyō-Yokohama Films leased from the Daiei Motion Picture Company (大映株式会社, Daiei Kabushikigaisha', orig. 大都映画 Daito Eiga) the Kyoto second studio.
On October 1 1949, the Tōkyō Film Distribution Company was incorporated; in 1951 the company had purchased the Ōizumi Film Company (太泉映画, Ōizumi Eiga).
During 1950 through 1964, Tōei Contemporary Drama had a roster of new artists including Jiro Ebara (江原真二郎, Ebara Jiro), Hitomi Nakawara (中原ひとみ, Nakawara Hitomi), Ken Takakura (高倉健, Takakura Ken), Ryoko Sakuma (佐久間良子, Sakuma Ryouko), Tatsuo Umemiya (梅宮辰夫, Umemiya Tatsuo), Yoshiko Mita (三田佳子, Mita Yoshiko), Sonny Chiba (千葉真一, Chiba Shinichi), and Reiko Ohara (大原麗子, Ōhara Reiko).
In 1957, Tōei established an animation division, Tōei Animation Company, Ltd. (東映動画株式会社, Tōei Dōga Kabushikigaisha') at the former Tōkyō–Ōizumi animation studio, purchasing the assets of Japan Animated Films (日本動画映画, Nihon Dōga Eiga, often shortened to 日動映画 Nichidō Eiga) to expedite the process. In so doing, they gained the combined talents and experience of Japanese period piece actors Chiyozo Kataoka (片岡千恵蔵, Kataoka Chiyozou), Koidaieimon Ichikawa (市川右太衛門, Ichikawa Koidaieimon), Rionosuke Tsukigata (月形龍之介, Tsukigata Riyūnosuke), Ryutaro Otomo (大友柳太朗, Ōtomo Ryūtarō), Kinnosuke Yorozuya (萬屋錦之介, Yorozuya Kinnosuke), Chiyonosuke Azuma (東千代之介, Azuma Chiyonosuke), Shirunosuke Toshin (東千代之介, Tōshin Shirunosuke), Hashizo Ogawa (大川橋蔵, Ōgawa Hashizou), &c.
Animation, television and home video
Footnotes
Bibliography
See also
- Tōkyū Corporation (東京急行電鉄株式会社, Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushikigaisha', lit. "Tōkyō Express Electric Railway Corporation")
- Kadokawa Pictures (角川映画, Kadokawa Eiga)
- Super transformation, an extension of Hero transformation (変身, Henshin)
External links
- (日本語) Official Website, Tōei.co.jp
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