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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Godzilla is a 2004 epic monster film produced and directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh. It is a remake of the 1954 film of the same name, and is the 29th film overall in the Godzilla franchise and the first film in Peter Jackson's Godzilla Trilogy (2004-06). The film features an ensemble cast, including Christian Bale, Christopher Lee, Tetsuya Bessho, Misato Tanaka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mugihito, Hugh Jackman, Akira Takarada, Fumihiko Tachiki, John Goodman, Ben Kingsley, Peter Mensah, Alun Armstrong, Liv Tyler, Shin Koyamada, Jung Woo-sung and Jerry Tondo, with Andy Serkis playing Godzilla through motion capture. In the film, British/American journalist Steve Martin (Bale) witness Japan's struggle to deal with the emergence of a giant monster called Godzilla, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust.
