Company: Shouchiku
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Shochiku is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its most famous directors include Ozu Yasujiro, Mizoguchi Kenji, Kinoshita Keisuke and Yamada Yoji. Shochiku has also produced films by famous independent and "loner" directors such as Miike Takashi, Kitano Takeshi, Kurosawa Akira and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
Formed in 1895 by Otani Takejirou and his brother as a Kabuki production company, Shochiku grew fast, expanding its business to many other Japanese live theatric styles, like Noh and Bunraku. The company began making films in 1920 and was the first film studio to abandon the use of female impersonators and sought to model itself and its films after Hollywood standards, bringing such things as the star system and the sound stage to Japan.
In 1936, Shochiku closed its studio in Kamata, Tokyo and relocated to nearby Ofuna, this studio remained in operation for 64 years. However, in the year 2000 the site was sold off to Kamakura Women's College as a result of financial difficulties (including the 1998 closure of Kamakura Cinema World, the studio's short-lived theme park) and Shochiku returned to Tokyo.
Formed in 1895 by Otani Takejirou and his brother as a Kabuki production company, Shochiku grew fast, expanding its business to many other Japanese live theatric styles, like Noh and Bunraku. The company began making films in 1920 and was the first film studio to abandon the use of female impersonators and sought to model itself and its films after Hollywood standards, bringing such things as the star system and the sound stage to Japan.
In 1936, Shochiku closed its studio in Kamata, Tokyo and relocated to nearby Ofuna, this studio remained in operation for 64 years. However, in the year 2000 the site was sold off to Kamakura Women's College as a result of financial difficulties (including the 1998 closure of Kamakura Cinema World, the studio's short-lived theme park) and Shochiku returned to Tokyo.
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