Toho Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 東宝株式会社 | Hepburn: Tōhō Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese entertainment company primarily engaged in the production/distribution of films and television shows, and the production/exhibition of stage plays. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Toho is best known for producing and distributing many of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's kaiju and tokusatsu films as well as the films of Akira Kurosawa and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, CoMix Wave Films, TMS Entertainment, and OLM, Inc. The company has released the majority of the highest-grossing Japanese films. Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, who is featured in 32 of the company's films. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla are described as Toho's Big Five because of the monsters' numerous appearances throughout the franchise, as well as spin-offs. Toho has also been involved in the production of numerous anime titles. Its subdivisions are Toho-Towa Company, Limited (Japanese exclusive theatrical distributor of Universal Pictures via NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan), Towa Pictures Company Limited (Japanese exclusive theatrical distributor of Paramount Pictures), Toho Pictures Incorporated, Toho International Company Limited, Toho E. B. Company Limited, and Toho Music Corporation & Toho Costume Company Limited. The company is the largest shareholder (7.96%) of Fuji Media Holdings Inc. Toho is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), is the largest of Japan's Big Four film studios, and is the only film studio that is a component of the Nikkei 225 index.
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Skull Island, 1944. A giant gorilla attacks a gigantic dinosaur to save a small native girl. During that time, the atomic weapons hit and the gorilla was changed forever. 50 years later, as Godzilla returns to destroy Japan, a research team and old reporter Steven Martin journey to that same island to find something that can stop Godzilla. They found a perfect match. the 8th Wonder of the World, King Kong! Kong is taken to Japan to battle Godzilla, but he’s no match for the nuclear menace, Godzilla attacks the city of Tokyo afterwards. Kong then gains incredible new powers in a lightning storm and rematches with Godzilla in the battle of the century!
