Key facts
- Native name
- 東映株式会社
- Romanized name
- Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha
- Formerly
- Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū (1949–1951)
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- TYO : 9605
- Industry
- Film and television, Video games
- Predecessor
- Toyoko Eiga Company, Ōizumi Films
- Founded
- October 1, 1949 ; 76 years ago ( 1949-10-01 ) (as Tōkyō Eiga)
- Founder
- Keita Goto
- Headquarters
- Kyobashi Edogrand, 2-1 Kyōbashi 2-chome, Chūō, Tokyo , Japan
- Area served
- Worldwide, with a focus in Japan
- Key people
- Noriyuki Tada ( chairman ), Fumio Yoshimura ( President & Chief Executive Officer ) , Yuji Kojima (Studio Head)
- Products
- Motion pictures, publicity materials
- Services
- Film and TV distribution and marketing
- Revenue
- ¥ 66,300,000,000 (As of March 2006)
- Number of employees
- 343 (As of March 1, 2019)
- Subsidiaries
- Toei Video Toei Advertising Toei Studios Kyoto Toei TV Production Toei CM Toei Labo Tech San-ei Printing T-JOY [ ja ] Toei Hotel Chain Toei Kenko Toei Animation (34.2%)
- Website
- www .toei .co .jp /en /
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Japan
- Founded by
- Keita Gotō
- Headquarters
- Chūō
- Industry
- film industry
- Employees
- 311
- Stock exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.toei.co.jp
- Image
- Kyobashi Edogrand 2019.jpg
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- inception
- 1950-10-01
- location of formation
- Tokyo
- social media followers
- 539000
- Commons category
- Toei Company
- topic's main category
- Category:Toei Company
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Encyclopedic overview
Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社, Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha; an acronym for Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū (東京映画配給) lit. 'Tokyo Film Distribution'; /ˈtoʊ.eɪ/), simply known as Toei Company or Toei (東映, Tōei), is a Japanese entertainment company. Headquartered in Kyōbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, it is involved in film and television production, distribution, video game development, publishing, and ownership of 34 movie theaters. Toei also owns and operates studios in Tokyo and Kyoto and holds shares in several television companies. The company is renowned for its production of anime and live-action dramas known as tokusatsu, which incorporate special visual effects. It is also known for producing period dramas. Toei is the majority shareholder of Toei Animation and is recognized for its franchises such as Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers.
Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ 日本映画製作者連盟), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios, alongside Kadokawa, Shochiku and Toho.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toei Company” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.