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Toho Pictures
is a Japanese film studio and production company that is a subsidiary of Toho, Toho Co., Ltd. One of the most successful films produced by Toho Studio is the live-action film ''Godzilla Minus One'' (2023), which generated more than $100 million at the global box office. History Founded in November 8, 1971 as , the company originally served as a spin-off of Toho's original production department, and produced over 160 films. In December 2020, Toho Pictures merged with , to create TOHO Studios, which is headquartered in Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo. Works Toho Pictures * ''Here Comes Golden Bat'' (1972) * ''Bye-Bye Jupiter'' (1984) * ''The Return of Godzilla'' (1984) * ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' (1989) * ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' (1991) * ''Chōshōjo Reiko'' (1991) * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (1992) * ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' (1993) * ''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon'' (1994) * ''Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla'' (1994) * ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' (1995) * ''Yatsuhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabushiki Gaisha
A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", "joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' in Japan refers to any joint-stock company regardless of country of origin or incorporation; however, outside Japan the term refers specifically to joint-stock companies incorporated in Japan. Usage in language In Latin script, ''kabushiki kaisha'', with a , is often used, but the original Japanese pronunciation is ''kabushiki gaisha'', with a , owing to ''rendaku''. A ''kabushiki gaisha'' must include "" in its name (Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act). In a company name, "" can be used as a prefix (e.g. , ''Dentsu, kabushiki gaisha Dentsū'', a style called , ''mae-kabu'') or as a suffix (e.g. , ''Toyota, Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha'', a style called , ''ato-kabu''). Many Japanese companies translate the phrase "" in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. It is derived from the ''Gigantes'' () of Greek mythology. Fairy tales such as ''Jack the Giant Killer'' have formed the modern perception of giants as dimwitted and violent ogres, sometimes said to eat humans, while other giants tend to eat livestock. In more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Literary and cultural analysis Giants appear many times in folklore and myths. Representing the human body enlarged to the point of being monstrous, giants evoke terror and remind humans of their body's frailty and mortality. They are often portrayed as monsters and antagonists, but there are exceptions. Some giants intermingle with human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Ultraman
is a 2022 Japanese superhero film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of the 1966 television series ''Ultraman (1966 TV series), Ultraman'', the film is a co-production between Toho Studios and Cine Bazar, and presented by Tsuburaya Productions, Toho, Toho Co., Ltd., and Khara (studio), Khara, Inc. It is the 37th film in the Ultraman, ''Ultraman'' franchise, and Anno and Higuchi's second reimagining of a ''tokusatsu'' series, following ''Shin Godzilla'' (2016) and preceding ''Shin Kamen Rider (film), Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023). The ensemble cast includes Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor), Hidetoshi Nishijima, with Anno and Bin Furuya as Ultraman (character), Ultraman. In the film, an extraterrestrial accidentally kills a man while battling a ''kaiju'' and takes on his appearance and place at the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol to protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunjō Senki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from August 2013 to June 2017. A sequel, titled ''Shin Gunjō Senki'', written by Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in the same magazine from January 2021 to March 2022. A live-action film adaptation, titled ''Brave: Gunjō Senki'', premiered in March 2021. Media Manga Written and illustrated by , ''Gunjō Senki'' was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from August 29, 2013, to June 15, 2017. Shueisha collected its chapters in 17 volumes, released from January 17, 2014, to August 18, 2017. A sequel, titled , written by Masaki Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 7, 2021. to March 17, 2022. Shueisha collected its chapters in five volumes, released from March 4, 2021, to April 19, 2022. ''Gunjō Senki'' ''Shin Gunjō Senki'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me, Love Me Not (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Bessatsu Margaret'' magazine from June 2015 to May 2019, with Its chapters collected in 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga in English release. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japan in August 2020, while an anime film adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures premiered in September 2020. By July 2020, the manga had over 5.5 million copies in circulation. In 2018, ''Love Me, Love Me Not'' won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the ''shōjo'' category. Plot Yuna Ichihara is in the spring before her first year of high school and is pained to be separated from her best friend Sacchan who is moving away. On her way to the train station, she is stopped by a random girl named Akari Yamamoto, who asks her for money for her train fare. Although Yuna is somewhat afraid and reluctant, she gives the girl money, who in turn gives Yuna her bracelet as a promise that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Letter (2020 Film)
is a 2020 Japanese romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, based on his own novel. It is Iwai's second film adaptation of the novel, following the 2018 Chinese film of the same name. The film stars Takako Matsu, Suzu Hirose, Nana Mori, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hideaki Anno and Masaharu Fukuyama. Plot A family attends the funeral of Misaki, and during the process, Misaki's sister Yuri, is handed the invite to a school reunion. Yuri goes along to the reunion to tell them her sister has passed, but everyone assumes it is her and she can't bring herself to tell them otherwise. While there, Kyoshiro Otosaka speaks to her, and gets her number, telling her that he was in love with her (assuming that she is her sister). They start exchanging letters, and it is revealed that he had a relationship with her, before it broke off and she went out with an abusive man, who fathered her daughter Ayumi. Otosoka became a novelist, and wrote a prize winning novel, Misaki, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage (2016 Film)
is a Japanese suspense mystery drama film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's mystery novel of the same name. It was released in Japan on September 17, 2016. Plot The movie has three separate stories that are connected through a murder that takes place at the beginning in a suburban neighborhood in Tokyo. A mysterious man, whose face we never see, brutally murders a married couple in their home and paints the word “rage” on the door with their blood. Detectives Kunihisa Nanjō ( Pierre Taki) and Sōsuke Kitami ( Takahiro Miura) investigate the double homicide and discover that the perpetrator has gone through plastic surgery to escape the authorities. Then, we are shown the lives of three young men living in different parts of modern-Japan who might be the murderer. In Chiba, a reclusive newcomer Tashiro Tetsuya ( Matsuyama Kenichi) arrives in town and befriends Aiko ( Miyazaki Aoi), a problematic young woman who was working in a brothel for a few months. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cine Bazar
is a Japanese film and entertainment studio headquartered in Toho Studios, Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1994 by film producer Kazutoshi Wadakura, who currently serves as its president and chief executive officer. The company is involved in films that depict Japan and is best known for co-producing the 2016 film ''Shin Godzilla'' and the 2022 film ''Shin Ultraman'' with Toho. It owns a casting division for its films called the Cine Bazar Casting Department, located in Sakuragaokachō, Shibuya, Tokyo. Works Film * ''Hiroshima'' (1995) * '' Love & Pop'' (1998) * '' Party 7'' (2000) * '' Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) * '' Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie'' (2004) * ''The Taste of Tea'' (2004) * '' Otakus in Love'' (2004) * ''Cutie Honey'' (2004) * '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * '' Spring Snow'' (2005) * ''Shining Boy & Little Randy'' (2005) * ''Sugar and Spice'' (2006) * '' Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust'' (2007) * ''Hero'' (2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Godzilla
is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho, Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise, the 29th film produced by Toho, Toho's third Reboot (fiction), reboot of the franchise, and the first film in the Godzilla (franchise)#Reiwa era (2016–present), franchise's ''Reiwa'' era. It is the first reboot of a ''tokusatsu'' series to be adapted by Anno and Higuchi, followed by ''Shin Ultraman'' (2022) and ''Shin Kamen Rider (film), Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023). The film stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara. In the film, politicians struggle with bureaucratic red tape in order to deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, known as Shin Godzilla (character), Godzilla, that evolves whenever it is attacked. In December 2014, Toho announced plans for a new dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack On Titan (film)
is a 2015 Japanese post-apocalyptic action film based on the manga of the same name created by Hajime Isayama. The film is directed by Shinji Higuchi, written by Yūsuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama and stars Haruma Miura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongō, Takahiro Miura, Nanami Sakuraba, Satoru Matsuo, Shu Watanabe, Ayame Misaki, Rina Takeda, Satomi Ishihara, Pierre Taki and Jun Kunimura. In the film, Eren Jaeger and his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert join the Survey Corps, a military corporation to fight gigantic humanoids called the Titans after their hometown is attacked by a Colossal Titan. The film is split into two parts, with the first part released in Japan on 1 August 2015 and the second part (subtitled ''End of the World'') released on 19 September that year. The film received mixed to somewhat negative reviews from critics, who praised the Titans designs and the B-movie style, but criticized the script and deviations from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Gods Will (film)
is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based on the first arc of the eponymous manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Akeji Fujimura. The film was released on home media in the United States by Funimation. Plot High school student Shun Takahata spends much of his time playing violent video games. At school he is suddenly forced to participate in a deadly game of daruma san ga koronda. When the Daruma doll turns toward the blackboard it exposes a button on its back that the students can attempt to press to end the game but if the doll spins back around and sees anyone moving then those students' heads will explode. Everyone in the class except Shun dies in this first game. After the game, Shun finds his childhood friend Ichika and they make their way to the school gym. There they play a Maneki Neko, where students dressed as mice attempt to throw a ball into a hoop attached to the collar of a giant cat doll. Those who miss are killed. Amay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Snow (film)
is a 2005 film adaptation of Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow, novel of the same name, directed by Isao Yukisada. The cast includes Satoshi Tsumabuki as Kiyoaki Matsugae, Yūko Takeuchi as Satoko Ayakura, and Sosuke Takaoka as Shigekuni Honda. The film was nominated for nine Japanese Academy Awards. "Be My Last", the main theme song for this film, was performed by Hikaru Utada. This was her 14th Japanese-language single release. Plot Spring Snow starts in 1912, as Emperor Taishō begins Taishō period, his reign and Japan's upper classes (''kazoku'') are mimicking the tastes and manners of Europe's aristocrats. Among them are two children, Kiyoaki Matsugae (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is the only son of the Marquess Matsugae and Satoko Ayakura (Yūko Takeuchi) who is the only daughter of the Earl Ayakura. Even as a child, Satoko had romantic aspirations for her friendship with Kiyoaki. However, her father (Kenjirō Ishimaru), wary of the womanizing ways of Kiyoaki's father (Takaaki Enok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
