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is a Japanese film
Cinema of Japan

The has a history in Japan that spans more than 100 years....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 production
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 and distribution
Film distributor

A film distributor is an independent company, a subsidiary company or occasionally an individual, which acts as the final agent between a production company or some intermediary agent, and a film exhibitor, to the end of securing placement of the producer's film on the exhibitor's screen....
 corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
. Based in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Toei owns and operates thirty-four (34) cinema houses
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
 across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system
Studio system

The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Cinema of the United States from the early 1920s through the early 1950s....
 by the standards of the 1930s United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
; operates studios
Movie studio

A movie studio is, in the established sense of the term, a film distributor. Literally, however, the term denotes a controlled environment for the making of a film....
 at Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
 and Kyoto
Kyoto

Sorry, no overview for this topic
; and is a stockholder
Shareholder

A mutual shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company that legally owns one or more share s of stock in a joint stock company....
 in several television companies. It is notable for Anime
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
, live action
Live action

In film, theatre and video, live-action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to by animation. As it is the norm, the term is usually superfluous, but it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, as in a Pixar film, a video game or when the work is adapted from an anim...
 dramas using special visual effects
Special effect

The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
 known as Tokusatsu
Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
, and historical dramas
Period piece

"Period piece" is phrase that is used to describe creative works....
 (Jidaigeki
Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama", and the period is usually the Edo period of History of Japan, from 1603 to 1868....
).

Toei was a pioneer in the use of character transformation
Henshin

is the Japanese language word for "transformation," literally meaning, "to change or transform the body." This word is primarily utilized in manga, anime, and tokusatsu Japanese drama for when a character transforms into a superhero....
 in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider

, translated as Masked Rider, is a wikt:weekly sci-fi story created by renowned Japanese people mangaka . It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV ....
, Devilman
Devilman

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Mao Dante....
 and Super Sentai
Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ....
 series; the genre currently continues with Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider

, translated as Masked Rider, is a wikt:weekly sci-fi story created by renowned Japanese people mangaka . It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV ....
 and Super Sentai
Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ....
.

The name "Toei" is derived from "Tokyo Eiga Haikyu" (Tokyo Film Distribution Company, the company's former name).

corporated 1938, had previously erected its facilities immediately east of the Tokyu Tokyo-Yokohama Line
Tokyu Toyoko Line

|}The is a major commuter railway line connecting Tokyo to Yokohama of the private Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, Toyoko , is a combination of the first character of Tokyo and Yokohama ....
; they managed the Tokyu Shibuya Yokohama studio system
Studio system

The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Cinema of the United States from the early 1920s through the early 1950s....
 prior to V-J Day.






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is a Japanese film
Cinema of Japan

The has a history in Japan that spans more than 100 years....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 production
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 and distribution
Film distributor

A film distributor is an independent company, a subsidiary company or occasionally an individual, which acts as the final agent between a production company or some intermediary agent, and a film exhibitor, to the end of securing placement of the producer's film on the exhibitor's screen....
 corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
. Based in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Toei owns and operates thirty-four (34) cinema houses
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
 across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system
Studio system

The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Cinema of the United States from the early 1920s through the early 1950s....
 by the standards of the 1930s United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
; operates studios
Movie studio

A movie studio is, in the established sense of the term, a film distributor. Literally, however, the term denotes a controlled environment for the making of a film....
 at Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
 and Kyoto
Kyoto

Sorry, no overview for this topic
; and is a stockholder
Shareholder

A mutual shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company that legally owns one or more share s of stock in a joint stock company....
 in several television companies. It is notable for Anime
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
, live action
Live action

In film, theatre and video, live-action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to by animation. As it is the norm, the term is usually superfluous, but it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, as in a Pixar film, a video game or when the work is adapted from an anim...
 dramas using special visual effects
Special effect

The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
 known as Tokusatsu
Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
, and historical dramas
Period piece

"Period piece" is phrase that is used to describe creative works....
 (Jidaigeki
Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama", and the period is usually the Edo period of History of Japan, from 1603 to 1868....
).

Toei was a pioneer in the use of character transformation
Henshin

is the Japanese language word for "transformation," literally meaning, "to change or transform the body." This word is primarily utilized in manga, anime, and tokusatsu Japanese drama for when a character transforms into a superhero....
 in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider

, translated as Masked Rider, is a wikt:weekly sci-fi story created by renowned Japanese people mangaka . It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV ....
, Devilman
Devilman

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Mao Dante....
 and Super Sentai
Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ....
 series; the genre currently continues with Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider

, translated as Masked Rider, is a wikt:weekly sci-fi story created by renowned Japanese people mangaka . It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV ....
 and Super Sentai
Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ....
.

The name "Toei" is derived from "Tokyo Eiga Haikyu" (Tokyo Film Distribution Company, the company's former name).

History

, incorporated 1938, had previously erected its facilities immediately east of the Tokyu Tokyo-Yokohama Line
Tokyu Toyoko Line

|}The is a major commuter railway line connecting Tokyo to Yokohama of the private Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, Toyoko , is a combination of the first character of Tokyo and Yokohama ....
; they managed the Tokyu Shibuya Yokohama studio system
Studio system

The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Cinema of the United States from the early 1920s through the early 1950s....
 prior to V-J Day. From 1945 through the Toei merger, Tokyo-Yokohama Films leased from the Daiei Motion Picture Company
Kadokawa Pictures

is a Japanese movie studio....
 a second studio in Kyoto. Through the merger, they gained the combined talents and experience of actors Chiezo Kataoka
Chiezo Kataoka

was a Japanese people actor. Born in 1903 in Gunma Prefecture, he was raised in Tokyo. His first starring role in a film was in 1923. Specializing in jidaigeki, he played the lead in various films before and during World War II....
, Utaemon Ichikawa, Rionosuke Tsukigata, Ryutaro Otomo
Ryutaro Otomo

was a Japanese actor.Filmography He played in 272 films:* References External links * Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shirunosuke Toshin, Hashizo Okawa and Satomi Oka.

On October 1 1950, the Tokyo Film Distribution Company was incorporated; in 1951 the company purchased Oizumi Films .

In 1956, Toei established an animation
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 division, Toei Animation Company, Ltd.
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
 at the former Tokyo-Oizumi animation studio, purchasing the assets of Japan Animated Films (originally founded in 1948).

See also

  • Kadokawa Pictures
    Kadokawa Pictures

    is a Japanese movie studio....
  • Toei Animation
    Toei Animation

    is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
  • Toei Superheroes
    Toei Superheroes

    Toei Superheroes are superhero shows produced by Toei Company, which has done the biggest number of live-action tokusatsu superhero shows in Japan....
  • Super transformation, an extension of Hero transformation
    Henshin

    is the Japanese language word for "transformation," literally meaning, "to change or transform the body." This word is primarily utilized in manga, anime, and tokusatsu Japanese drama for when a character transforms into a superhero....


External links

  • - a Hollywood Reporter article detailing Toei's receiving MIPTV's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006