Toei Company, Ltd.
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Native name
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東映株式会社 |
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| Public corporation | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Film and Television |
| Founded | October 1, 1950 (as Tokyo Film Distribution) |
| Headquarters | 3-2-17 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo 104-8108, Japan |
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Area served
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Japan |
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Key people
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Yusuke Okada, President & CEO |
| Products | Motion pictures, publicity materials |
| Services | Film and TV distribution and marketing |
| Revenue | ¥ 66,300,000,000 (as of March 2006) |
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Number of employees
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311 (as of March 31, 2006) |
| Subsidiaries | Toei Digital Lab Toei Labo Tech Toei Language Tech Center Toei Animation Toei Television Production Toei Video Toei Satellite Broadcasting Toei Agency Cloverway Inc. |
| Website | www |
Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社 Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha?) (pronounced toe ay) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for anime, live action dramas known as tokusatsu which use special visual effects, and historical dramas (jidaigeki).
The name "Toei" is derived from the company's former name "Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū" (東京映画配給?, Tokyo Film Distribution Company).
Tokyo-Yokohama Films (東横映画 Tō-Yoko Eiga?), incorporated 1938, had erected its facilities immediately east of the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line; they managed the Tōkyū Shibuya Yokohama studio system prior to V-J Day. From 1945 through the Toei merger, Tokyo-Yokohama Films leased from the Daiei Motion Picture Company a second studio in Kyoto. Through the merger, they gained the combined talents and experience of actors Chiezō Kataoka, Utaemon Ichikawa, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shirunosuke Toshin, Hashizo Okawa and Satomi Oka.
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