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Shintoho
was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios (which also included Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho) during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company following a bitter strike in 1947. To compete with the other major studios in the horror/supernatural movie field, Shintoho turned out a large group of such films between 1957 and 1960, including a number of period ghost movies and low-budget science fiction films (such as the ''Starman'' ('' Super Giant'') series which was designed to compete with rival then-popular characters '' Planet Prince'', '' Space Chief'' and '' Moonlight Mask''). Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being '' Jigoku''. Shintoho Starlet Program Like the other major Japanese movie companies at that time, Shintoho was also recruiting so-called new faces under the name of "Shintoho Starlet". Recruitment started in 1951. However, due to the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Giant
is a Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced between 1957 and 1959 by Shintoho (the non-union branch of Toho). He is also known in Japan as , is known in The United States as Starman, and known in France and Italy as Spaceman. Japan's first onscreen superhero Whereas Takeo Nagamatsu's 1930 kamishibai '' The Golden Bat ( Ōgon Batto)'' was Japan's first modern superhero (and had many manga, anime and film adaptations), Shintoho's Super Giant was the first celluloid superhero (theatrically released in 1957), and the role model for many Japanese superheroes to come, especially Ultraman and Kamen Rider. Named "Super Giants" (plural), although the main character was only one person and obviously human-sized, the series' title was no doubt inspired by the American '' Adventures of Superman'' (which was then being broadcast in Japan) and the famous Japanese baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants (who were extremely pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigoku (film)
''Jigoku'' (; ; "Hell"), also titled ''The Sinners of Hell'', is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and produced by Shintoho. The film stars Utako Mitsuya and Shigeru Amachi, and is notable for separating itself from other Japanese horror films of the era such as '' Kwaidan'' or '' Onibaba'' due to its graphic imagery of torment in Hell. It has gained a cult film status. Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being ''Jigoku''. Plot A student, Shirō, is set to marry his girlfriend, Yukiko, the daughter of his professor, Mr. Yajima. After announcing the engagement, Shirō's colleague Tamura drives Shirō home. Taking a side street at Shirō's request, Tamura hits and kills yakuza gang leader, Kyōichi. Though Shirō wants to stop, Tamura keeps driving, feels no guilt and says that it is Shirō's fault for asking him to drive down that street. Kyōichi's mother, who witnessed the incident, resolves to find and kill them. Though Tamura fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho
is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Toho is best known for producing and distributing many of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's ''kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films as well as the films of Akira Kurosawa and the anime of Studio Ghibli, Shin-Ei Animation, TMS Entertainment, CoMix Wave Films, and OLM, Inc. The company has released the majority of the highest-grossing Japanese films, and through its subsidiaries, is the largest film importer in Japan. The Doraemon film series, distributed by Toho since 1980, is the highest-grossing film series and anime film series in Japan. It is also one of the highest-grossing non-English language film series. Toho Company Limited logo with full name in native language Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, featured in 33 of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintōhō Eiga
is a Japanese pink film production company and film distributor located in Tokyo, Japan which has been among the most influential studios in the pink film genre since its beginnings. Foundation The first Shintōhō, or "New Toho", also known as , was formed as an offshoot of the Toho Company after World War II. When this company went bankrupt in May 1961, two new companies were created in its place. Shintōhō's former president, Mitsuru Ōkura, formed the Ōkura Eiga studio (later OP Eiga) after buying the Shintōhō production facilities in Setagaya, Tokyo while Kōichi Gotō, a Shintōhō employee at the company's Kansai sales office in Osaka, bought the rights to the name of the company. Three years later, in 1964, the 33-year-old Gotō used borrowed money to buy the management rights to the section in Osaka where he had previously worked. He named his new company Shintōhō Kōgyō () or "Shintoho Entertainment". In 1972, this company moved to Tokyo and absorbed another pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan
is a 1959 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on the kabuki play '' Yotsuya Kaidan''. It was among the many horror films that Nakagawa adapted for Shintoho in the late 1950s and was one of the many adaptations of the play. Plot Ruthless samurai Iemon Tamiya wants to marry Oiwa. Iemon waits outside of the home of Oiwa's father Samon, begging him to let him marry Oiwa. He is insulted by Samon and his companion Sato. Enraged, Iemon attacks Samon and Sato, killing them. A low-ranking criminal and witness to the murder, Naosuke, who had been working for Samon, offers to keep quiet about the murders in exchange for Iemon's help. The two form a conspiracy to convince Oiwa and her sister, Sode, that their father had been murdered by known criminal Usaburo. They plan to murder Yomoschichi, the son of Sato and fiancé of Sode, so that Naosuke can marry Sode. The two attack Yomoschichi, throwing him over a large waterfall. A year later, Iemon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearful Attack Of The Flying Saucers
is a 1956 independent Japanese ''tokusatsu'' science fiction film directed and written by Shinichi Sekizawa, with special effects and cinematography by Sadao Uemura. Produced by Kokumotsu Films and distributed by Shintoho, it is Sekizawa's sole directorial credit and stars Tadao Takashima, Junko Ebata, Taiji Tonoyama, Hiroshi Sugi, Shigeru Amachi, and Junji Masuda. In the film, a group of Japanese scientists deal with a sudden alien invasion by inventing a rocket in order to save the planet. ''Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers'' was released nationwide in Japan by Shintoho on November 7, 1956. After its release, it was considered lost until a 16mm cut was found in 2010 and sold for auction online for .『映画秘宝』June 2010 Issue Plans were made for a DVD release following the auction, though they have yet to materialize. Plot While tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union's nuclear tests cause severe neuroticism in Japan, alleged sightings of fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennin Buraku
is a manga series by Kō Kojima which ran in the adult magazine '' Weekly Asahi Geinō'', published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. It is the longest running comic with only one artist, being published weekly since October 1956, and the longest-running strip ever in Japan. By contrast, '' Golgo 13'' is the longest running manga to be serialized in a dedicated manga magazine with ''Doraemon'' the second longest, and '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (''Kochi-Kame'') the third longest (Asahi Geino is not a dedicated manga magazine). While ''Sennin Buraku'' has been running for more years than '' Peanuts'', Charles M. Schulz's strip has more "episodes" as it ran daily rather than weekly. The story was a romantic comedy taking place in historical China, and it was quite risqué for its time. The characters were very traditionally dressed (e.g. all wearing hanfu). The anime has been rerun on Japanese television, and all episodes have appeared on DVD (save for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borei Kaibyo Yashiki
is a 1958 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho. The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, taking place in the characters' present and past (which are filmed in blue-tinted black-and-white), and in the distant past (filmed in color). It is one of several Japanese "ghost cat" films (''kaibyō eiga''), featuring a cat-like supernatural entity. ''Black Cat Mansion'' was released in Japan in 1958. It was not dubbed in English, nor was it shown theatrically in the United States. Plot In a hospital during a power outage, Dr. Tetsuichiro Kuzumi recalls past events. In a flashback, he is shown moving with his wife Yoriko from the city of Tokyo to a house in Kyushu, in order to help cure her tuberculosis. They are accompanied by her elder brother Kenichi. On the way there, their driver sees a black cat cross the road, and nearly crashes the car over a railing and into the sea. They arrive at the centuries-old mansion, where Yoriko is app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi
(''Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp''), also known as ''The Depths'', or ''The Ghost of Kasane'', is a 1957 black-and-white/ Scope Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho Films. The screenplay was based on a story called ''Shinkei Kasanegafuchi'' by Encho Sanyutei. The film was never dubbed in English and is only available in subtitled format. It was a short film, running 57 minutes. Daiei Film Daiei Film Co. Ltd. ( Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ''Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Kaisha'') was a Japanese film studio. Founded in 1942 as Dai Nippon Film Co., Ltd., it was one of the major studios during the postwar Golden Age of Japanese cinema, produci ... remade this film twice, once in 1960 (B&W/full screen) as ''Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi'', and again in 1970 (Color/Scope) as ''The Masseur's Curse'' (both directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda). The 1960 version was never shown in the United States, nor was it dubbed in English. Cast * Tetsurō Tamba * Katsuko Wakasugi * Takashi Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadashi Sawamura
“キックの鬼”沢村忠さんは引退後、9年間消息不明に…その間何をやっていたか【2021年墓碑銘】 - デイリー新潮 2021年12月18日 was a Japanese kickboxer whose real name was . He is often credited with sparking the " kickboxing boom", being one of the era's most popular Japanese fighters, and enjoying great fame t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stray Dog (film)
is a 1949 Japanese crime drama noir film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It was Kurosawa's second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a detective movie (among the earliest films in that genre) that explores the mood of Japan during its painful postwar recovery. The film is also considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres, based on its premise of pairing two cops with different personalities and motivations together on a difficult case. Plot The film takes place during a heatwave in the middle of summer in post-war Tokyo. Murakami ( Toshiro Mifune), a newly-promoted homicide detective in the Tokyo police, has his Colt pistol stolen while riding on a crowded trolley. He chases the pickpocket, but loses him. A remorseful Murakami reports the theft to his superior, Nakajima, at police headquarters. After Nakajima en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
