Tag: Toho
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1942: HISTORY AND THE UNWATCHABLE
Thanks to a new edict from the Japanese government, by the start of 1942, the entire Japanese film industry was reduced to three production companies. They were Daiei, Toho and Shochiku.
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1935: ALMOST EVERYONE
Today, JO Studio works on a shoestring, Masaoka throws in the towel, a skiving fuel store owner keeps going, and Murata runs out of steam.
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1934: TANAKA & OISHI
Two future parts of entertainment behemoth, Toho Studios, are making their first moves in animation. But one director is making his last.
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1933: MASAOKA, OFUJI, AND TEAM GODZILLA
MASAOKA was the first Japanese director to make a talking animated picture. Unless he wasn’t and it was OFUJI instead. Elsewhere, Godzilla’s owners shake a claw or two.