P.C.L. Movie Factory

P.C.L. Movie Factory Co., Ltd. P. Sea El Film Studio (P. Sea El Film Studio, PCL , 1933 year December 5 establishment - 1937 September 10, merger), once Tokyo was present in the film company it is. World War II before, Torquay rental studios and for the shooting and recording of the lab with a photo Chemical Laboratory was established as a subsidiary of, was made a pioneering talkie. Known for becoming one of Toho 's predecessors. Also referred to as PCL Movie Factory .

## Biography and Overview

### Pioneering talkie company

1929 ( Showa 4 years) Mashitani Lin , Taiji Uemura et al. "Photo Chemical Laboratory" ( *Photo Chemical Laboratory* , abbreviation *PCL* ) established, but begin research and development and Torquay of the recording equipment, the contractor of the recording, Japanese talkies were still in the experimental stage, and many continued to make silent films . On October 25, 1932 (Showa 7) , a rental studio ( a part of the current Toho Studio ) with two stages was constructed in Kinuta - mura, Kitatama -gun , Tokyo (currently Seijo , Setagaya-ku , Tokyo )  The following day , December 5, 1933 (Showa 8) , this "P.C.L. Movie Manufacturing Co., Ltd." was established to produce in-house. We welcomed Iwao Mori as the production manager . At the same time, members of "Friday Party", a group of movie youths presided over by Mori, Senkichi Taniguchi , Fumio Kamei ,Honda Inoshiro and others were invited to join the company by the forest.

Established first film is, Sotoji Kimura Director, benshi born Musei Tokugawa musical was to starring comedy " music comedy Horoyohi life in", the same work is Towa Shoji movie part (of later Towa Toho of) It was distributed and released on August 10 of the same year . In other words, to be precise, the production of this work is "Photochemical Research Institute", and the same work and the same director Kimura's "Junjo no Miyako" are produced by "Photochemical Research Institute", and "PCL movie" The exact first work after the establishment of " Sakusho " was the animation movie " Doukei Kitsune no Tatsubiki " released at the end of the same year, and the first live-action film was released on January 5, 1934 (Showa 9). It will be "Tadano Bonji Life Study" directed by Kimura.

### Merged to Toho

September 10, 1937 (Showa 12) , the company and its parent company "Photochemical Research Institute", the movie studio " JO Studio " of Osawa Shokai in Kyoto , and the distribution company " Toho Film Distribution " by Hankyu Capital 4 The companies merge and Toho Eiga is established. Former JO Studio became "Toho Movie Kyoto Studio", former PCL Film Factory and former Photochemical Research Institute became the same Tokyo studio. Initially Kyoto era drama, but Tokyo was the sharing of modern drama, expanding the Tokyo facility, also historical drama looks like Tokyo to manufacture, "Toho movie Kyoto studios" is 1941 to (1941) It was closed. In 1943 (Showa 18), "Toho Movie" merged with "Tokyo Takarazuka Theater" and became the present Toho  .

After the war, on March 16, 1951 (Showa 26) , Rin Masutani and Taiji Uemura established "Photochemical Research Institute Co., Ltd." again, and in 1970 (Showa 45), became a subsidiary of Sony and changed the company name. Changed to " Sony PCL Inc. " and continues to this day  .

## Officer

* Representative Director: Yasutada Uemura
* Directors: Ryuji Yamamoto (until October 1936), Takeo Ohashi , Masashige Anan , Rin Masutani , Iwao Mori
* Auditors: Shigetomi Fukushima , Kingo Uemura