TOEI COMPANY

(incorporated as ) is a Japanese film and television production and distribution corporation. Headquartered at , 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 Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a stockholder in several television companies. Notable productions include , live-action dramas using , and .
Tōei was a pioneer in the use of in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the , and ; the genre currently continues (as of 2007) with the and .
As of March 2006, Tōei retains 11% of its common stock and 16% of its .

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History

, incorporated 1938, had previosly erected its facilities immediately east of the right-of-way; they managed the Tōkyū Shibuya Yokohama studio system prior to V-J Day. From 1945 through the Tōei merger, East Side Films leased from the the Kyoto second studio.
On October 1 1949, the was incorporated; in 1951 the company had purchased .
In 1957, Tōei established an animation division, at the former Tōkyō–Ōizumi animation studio, purchasing the assets of to expedite the process. In so doing, they gained the combined talents and experience of Japanese period piece actors , , , , , , , , &c.

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★ Toei Superheroes

External links

★ toei.co.jp - Company webpage

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