Shochiku Studio

Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd. is a Japanese film and production studio company of Shochiku Group, which has been producing movies and dramas for roughly a century, being the second-oldest motion picture company in Japan.
The company has production bases in Kyoto and Tokyo since its inception in the 1920s, and the long-established is equipped with a studio facility that is deeply rooted in tradition.
It has also worked on the production of Hollywood films such as "The Last Samurai".
Shochiku Studio is known for productions of many Japanese period dramas, movies, TV and commercials.
==History==
=== Studios and Owners ===
Shochiku Studio based in Tokyo and Kanagawa 
Year 	Name 	Location 	Owner
1920 - 1935 	Shochiku Kamata Studio	Kamata, Tokyo 	Shochiku
1936 - 2000 	Shochiku Ofuna Studio 	Ofuna, Kanagawa	Shochiku
2011 - present	Shochiku Tokyo Studio 	Tsukiji, Tokyo 	Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd.
Shochiku Studio based in Shimogamo, Kyoto
Year	Name 	Owner 	Notes
1923	Shochiku Shimogamo Studio	Shochiku Kinema 	Kamata Studio was temporarily relocated to Kyoto
1925	-　 	- 	Closed, relocated back to Kamata
1926	Shochiku Kyoto Studio 	Shochiku Kinema 	Re-opened and renamed
1937	Shochiku Uzumasa Studio 	Shochiku Co., Ltd. 	The owner's name was changed.
1952	Kyoto Film Studio 	Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd.	Shochiku transferred the studio in Shimogamo to its subsidiary, Kyoto Eiga
1975	- 	- 	Closed
Shochiku Studio based in Uzumasa, Kyoto
Year	Name 	Owner 	Notes
1935	Makino Talkie Production	Makino Talkie Co., Ltd. 	
1940	Shochiku Uzumasa Studio 	Shochiku Co., Ltd. 	
1952	Shochiku Kyoto Studio 	Shochiku Co., Ltd. 	Shochiku relocated its production base from Shimogamo to Uzumasa and rename the studio in Uzumasa.
1965	- 	- 	Closed by reorganization of Shochiku group
1975	Kyoto Film Studio 	Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd. 	The studio in Shimogamo was relocated to Uzumasa
1995	Kyoto Film Studio 	Shochiku Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd. 	The owner's name was changed.
2008	Shochiku Kyoto Studio 	Shochiku Kyoto Studio Co., Ltd.	Renamed when the owner was changed to the successor of Shochiku Kyoto Eiga
2011	Shochiku Kyoto Studio 	Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd. 	The owner's name was changed when Shochiku Tokyo Studio was established.
=== 1920s - 1930s ===
Shochiku built as its main studio at Kamata, Tokyo in 1920.
In 1923, Shochiku Kamata studio was heavily damaged by 1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake, forcing a temporary relocation to Kyoto, in which the predecessor of current Shochiku Kyoto Studio was established. The temporary studio in Shimogamo, Kyoto, called as, was closed in June 1925 and re-opened in January 1926 as Shochiku Kyoto Studio. 
the executive placed in charge of reconstruction at Kamata, was permitted to make films with the remaining staff. Together with young directors like Yasujirō Ozu, Heinosuke Gosho, Hiroshi Shimizu (director)|Hiroshi Shimizu and Torajirō Saitō and Shintarō Kido produced Shomin-geki (films about ordinary folks, including company employees who were part of a rising urban middle class).
Filming became increasingly difficult at Shochiku Kamata Studio during the 1930s with the rapid industrialization of the surrounding area, and in 1936 Shochiku decided to relocate the studio to Ofuna, called as.
The studio's first Talking film|talking film, Madam-to-Nyobo was produced in 1931.
=== 1940s - 1980s ===
Legendary film directors shot at Shochiku Ofuna Studio such as Nagisa Ōshima led Japanese New Wave|Japanese Nouvelle Vague, a group of filmmakers under Japanese New Wave Film movement which was characterized in its anti-authority. Together with Masahiro Shinoda and Yoshishige Yoshida, who are also known as the filmmakers worked at Shochiku during the 1950s to 1960s, they were leading so-called .
In 1940, Shochiku purchased a studio in Uzumasa, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, built by Masahiro Makino as in 1936 and set it up as. 
Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd., the predecessor of the company, was founded in 1946 and later on in 1952 became a subsidiary of Shochiku. Shochiku transferred its studio in Shimogamo named "Shochiku Kyoto Studio" to Kyoto Eiga, followed by a change in its name to Kyoto Film Studio in 1952. Shochiku relocated its production base to Uzumasa and name of the studio in Uzumasa was changed to Shochiku Kyoto Studio. 
In 1975, Shochiku transferred the Studio in Uzumasa to Kyoto Eiga while Kyoto Eiga closed the studio in Shimogamo and relocated its production base to Uzumasa. 
=== 1990s - Present ===
In 1995, Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd. changed its name to Shōchiku Kyōto Eiga Kabushiki gaisha.
In the same year Shochiku Ofuna Studio transformed into a theme park, but in 1998 it became inoperational, and its site was sold to Kamakura Women's University in 2000. Thereon, Shochiku has relied on its film studio and backlot in Kyoto.
The company was founded in 2008 as the successor of Shochiku Kyoto Eiga and Kyoto Film Studio with the name changed to its the current studio name, i.e., Shochiku Kyoto Studio.
In 2011, The company's name was changed to its current name, i.e., Shochiku Studio.
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