Toho

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Toho
Type Private
Founded 1929 (Photo Chemical Laboratories)
August 12, 1932 (Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Co.)
January 1933 (J.O. Studio)
1936 (Toho Film Distribution)
1937 (Toho Film Company)
1943 (Toho)
Headquarters Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Rin Masutani (Photo Chemical Laboratories)
Taiji Uemura (Photo Chemical Laboratories)
Ichizō Kobayashi (Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Co.)
Industry Entertainment
Products Entertainment
Number of people 3,305
Website https://www.toho.co.jp/

Toho Co., Ltd. (東宝株式会社, Tōhō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese entertainment company.

Photo Chemical Laboratories

P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo (ピー・シー・エル映画製作所, PCL Film Factory), or Photo Chemical Laboratories, was founded in 1929 by Rin Masutani and Taiji Uemura.

Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Company

Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Company was created on August 12, 1932 by Ichizō Kobayashi, the founder of the Hankyu Railway.

J.O. Studio

J.O. Studio was founded in January 1933.

Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.

Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd. was founded in 1936.

Toho Film Company

J.O. Studio, Photo Chemical Laboratories, and Toho Film Distribution Company merged in 1937 to establish the Toho Film Company.

Toho

Toho Film Company and Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Company merged in 1943. The resulting company, Toho, was established as the successor of Tokyo-Takarazuka Theatre Company.