Nikkatsu

Nikkatsu or "NIKKATSU CORPORATION" is a film and tv company production, a distribution company that started in japan in 1912-1928, they originally made romantic type films.

## History

### Founding-prewar

1912 March, at the request of the received of Einosuke Yokota of Kyoto Yokota Shokai the efforts of national authorities, on the basis of the 10 million yen capital  Yokota Shokai , Yoshizawa shops , Fukutakarado , M. Pate Chamber of Commerce of domestic 4 activity photo trading companies merged and founded as " Japan Activity Film Co., Ltd. " (The first president is Taketaro Goto ).

This "Japan activities film stock會社" is, because it was referred to as "active Hui" in the stock market, and "the future development of NOW regrettable is the company to" Hui "that" the president of Goto MoTaro is omen On September 10, after the era changed to Taisho , the company name was changed to " Japan Activities Fujima Stock Company, " and the abbreviation was changed to "Nikatsu"  . After that, as a prestigious movie company of historical drama, Matsunosuke Onoe became a signboard star at a shooting studio in Kyoto .

In 1913, he built a studio for contemporary plays (new school) equipped with a glass stage in Mizukami, Tokyo.

In October 1914, "Resurrection" based on Russian literature was released and was a big hit. The female narrator sang "Katyusha no Uta" and became very popular. But was a modern feature films, Katyusha auditors Kabuki of the female role in which actor Teijiro Tachibana are those played by, still movie actress did not exist.

When Tachibana, who was sick, died, Mukojima Studio invited Takeo Higashi from the stage in Osaka to play the role of a woman, but in the end, there was a growing voice that "the female character is inappropriate for a real-life movie drama." , Stage actress Utako Nakayama will join as a "movie actress".

In 1922, a dozen new actors, including the Mukojima studio, were transferred to Kokuka (international live action) in the end of this year . Nikkatsu took advantage of this to wipe out the female character from Mukaijima, and in collaboration with the stage association of the new drama, welcomed Okako Yoshiko, who was called ``Pika-Istaa'', as a historical drama actress, in addition to Segawa Tsuruko and several other actresses, Kenji Mizoguchi , Yutaka Abe et al up-and-coming director begins to wield the arm.

Matsunosuke Onoe died in 1926 . Throughout the remainder of Kyoto studio, Yoshikazu Yamamoto , Kawabu Goro , Denjirō Ōkōchi but et al Hakusu a popular, left the Nikkatsu to around a transition to talkies from silent, was being chased by an independent professional Tsumasaburō Bandō , Chiezo Kataoka , Hirotoshi Arashi , Takako Irie and others have entered. During this period, business performance declined, and a battle for management rights broke out. Toho-Shochiku companies suppressed a considerable number of shares, and the like marks the certain number of executive from both companies fell into two genera state  .

In 1942, the production division was separated due to wartime integration , transferred to Daiei (Dainippon Film Production Co., Ltd.) along with the emerging Kinema and Daito movies , and withdrew from movie production. Only the distribution department that performed well remained. [ *Source required* ]

### Playback as a movie company-The Golden Age of movies

In April 1945, 29 directly managed buildings were transferred from Daiei to 90,  , and in November, the company name was changed to "Nikatsu Co., Ltd."  . The Nikkatsu that do not have the production department, the movie immediately after the end of the war Daiei, then of the American movie box office has been specializing in  . Popular after the end of postwar reconstructionThe high-quality film rent of over 50% was seen in the box office of American moviesThen, there was no profit  . Moreover, [1951-1952,] when foreign film import authority was transferred from the GHQ to the Japanese government, and Western movie distribution was transferred from the Central Movie Company (CMPE) to the major Japanese companies and Japanese distributors. The tyranny of each company became prominent, the Western movie masterpiece was released in Shochiku and Toho series, and Nikkatsu handled small and surplus movies, and Nikkatsu's business performance deteriorated rapidly  . In contrast to the booming movie production companies, the movie boxing department has an increasing number of competitors due to the boom in new movie theaters, except for the directly managed halls of production and distribution companies and the big city precincts. Because of this, the business condition was poor  . In 1952, the consultation of the capital tie-up from the poorly-managed Shin-Tohoto Nikkatsu was an opportunity for Nikkatsu, who had no production department and was considering resuming production, to acquire the production and distribution department of Shin-Toho. However, he is frustrated by Toho's aggressive opposition  . In addition, had emerged barely from deficit Toei is, 1953 to Makino Mitsuo was produced by decisive of the " Tower of Himeyuri were watching to rapid growth by unprecedented smash hit of" Nikkatsu is sideways .. Kiyoshiro Emori, a managing director of movie resumption , persuaded the cautious president, Hisakusaku Hori , to make up for the inferiority of the Western-style movie production  . On July 8, 1953, Hori sent a "Notice of Resuming Movie Production" to Nikkatsu shareholders  . On September 1st of the same year, Hori announced a basic policy of "making two color films a month" at a press conference  . On June 29, 1954, the first work " Kokusada Tadashi " was released  .

From around the completion of the first stage construction of the studio (March 1954), the director of the production department, Keiji Yamane, plays a leading role in fully pulling out directors and movie staff  . However, on September 10, 1953, the " 5 company agreement ", which is a pullout prevention measure, was already signed at the 5 presidents' meeting [Shochiku, Toho, Daiei, Toei, Shintoho]  . Compared to the production staff, pulling out actors was not going smoothly, and Emori also admitted that he was "Nichitsuka without a star" for the time being  . For a while after the resumption, he relied on the actors of the new national drama and the new drama , but in order to get out of that state, he found newcomers, nurturing new faces, soliciting not only the leading actors of other companies but also supporting actors, and also the stars and Nikkatsu of the number contract I signed a number contract and asked to transfer  .

There was no choice but to use a new face of a newcomer, and Shishito Lock , Kazuhiro Nawa , Hiroyuki Nagato and others were appointed. Eventually, when the " Taiyo-zoku " movie based on Shintaro Ishihara hits, Yujiro Ishihara , Asahi Kobayashi , Ruriko Asaoka , Kyosuke Makita , Keiichiro Akagi , Hideaki Futani , Masumi Okada , Tamio Kawaji , Koji Wada , Ryoji Hayama , Sanae Nakahara , Redirected to a low-budget action movie company for young people, including Reiko Sasamori , Mayumi Shimizu , Yuji Odaka , Kyoji Aoyama , Hisako Tsukuba . He also secured an actor in partnership with the theater company Mingei . Business performance was solid due to favorable box office profits and business diversification. As a result, Ishihara, Kobayashi, Akagi, Wada's " **Nikatsu Diamond Line** ""The **Nikkatsu Pearl Line** " by Nakahara, Ashikawa, Asaoka, Sasamori, Shimizu and Sayuri Yoshinaga was put up on the signboard.

#### Main actors/staff who were withdrawn by Nikkatsu, or who voluntarily transferred themselves

* Actor
	+ Keiko Tsushima ( 1954 , free)
	+ Shochiku from
		- Junko Anan (1954)
		- Saegusa Kitahara (1954)
		- Tatsuya Mitsuhashi (1954)
		- Ko Mishima (1954)
		- Tsukioka Yumeji (1955)
	+ Daiei from
		- Yoko Minamida ( 1955 )
		- Kotaro Bando (1955)
	+ New Toho from
		- Left Sachiko (1955)
	+ Takarazuka Revue Company from
		- Shinju Michiyo (1955)
	+ Toho from
		- Three United Nations Taro (1955)
* staff
	+ Daiei from
		- Takumi Furukawa (Assistant Director, former Nikkatsu native)
		- Yoichi Ushihara (assistant director, former Nikkatsu native)
		- Masahisa Himeda (camera, former Nikkatsu native)
		- Shohei Ando (camera, former Nikkatsu native)
		- Saburo Isayama (camera, from former Nikkatsu)
		- Takeo Kimura (art, former Nikkatsu native)
		- Fumio Hashi (Recording)
		- Koichi Kotani (Recording)
		- Miyo Akiyama (scriptor)
		- Horikita Masako (Scripter)

* staff
	+ Shochiku from
		- Katsumi Nishikawa (Assistant Director)
		- Yasushi Nakahira (Assistant Director)
		- Takeshi Saito (Assistant Director)
		- Seitaro Suzuki ( Seijin Suzuki) (Assistant Director)
		- Hiroshi Noguchi (Assistant Director)
		- Kurahara Repair (Assistant Director)
		- Akinori Matsuo (Assistant Director)
		- Yuzo Kawashima (Assistant Director)
		- Shohei Imamura (Assistant Director)
		- Kira Urayama (Assistant Director)
	+ New Toho from
		- Umeji Inoue (Director)
	+ From independent
		- Hideo Koi (Producer, Koi Pro)
		- Kahei Hoshino (Producer, Tokyo Pro)
		- Mizuno Takiko (Producer)

**Source** :
### The Shayo period

In addition to the arrival of the full-scale television era and the rising of the Japanese film industry as a whole, the retirement of Kitahara, the sudden death of Akagi, the rut of action movies, lack of planning, the obesity of Yujiro and Asahi's two major stars. Decline in popularity due to Hisakusaku Hori 's one-man excessive investment in real estate due toconstitution, 1967 (Showa 42), such as managing director Emori who forcibly retired the movie production center who rebelled against Hori, etc. Due to the disaster, business performance deteriorated sharply in the 1960s . [ *Source required* ]

Around that time, Mitsuo Hamada , Hideki Takahashi , Chieko Matsubara , Masako Izumi , so-called " **Nikatsu Green Line** " produced the rookie star who is referred to as a", but laid the foundation of idle movie after the youth movie route, not be able to stop the Taicho , Will sell major theaters and offices one after another. [ *Source required* ] Rebuilding the action route centered on Tetsuya Watanabe who joined the company in 1965 (there are many remakes starring Yujiro), and the new action route with many new directors appointed will not stop the decline in business performance. There wasn't.

Many of the veteran staff who became the key players in the Nikkatsu Golden Age left the company, left the company and became independent. After surrendering the studio in 1969 and the headquarters building in Hibiya in 1970, the same profitable Daiei to coalesce and distribution department Dainichi Utsuhai to establish. However, this vulnerable coalition soon reached a dead end, and in 1971 (Showa 46), President Hori retired and his son, Masahiko Hori, became president.

### Nikkatsu era, romantic porn line

August 1971 , " August's wet sand " (simultaneous screening " Nikkatsu action movie ( called **Nikkatsu New Action** after 1968 ) ended with Bad Girl Maiko ") . After discontinuing Dainichi distribution and finding out that Daiei and Tsukasa, from September 18th, Nikkatsu's own " Asairi " ( Starring Masako Izumi , filmed in 1968) was released, and the movie production was temporarily suspended. To do.

After that, in consultation with the labor union, they decided to make a low-budget adult film ( pornographic film) from the profit side, and officially announced in November of the same year.they decidedstarted the adult movie line **Nikkatsu Romantic Porn** " in(Route No. 1). The first work is " Kokuryoku Oku no Hitotsu " and simultaneous screening " Apartment Wife: Afternoon Amour ").

It is the first time in the world that a major movie company embarks on a full-scale porn movie . As a result, the Nikkatsu movie stars and some of the staff mentioned above have become virtually free (NCP = New Century Produce was established by the free producers).[ *Source required* ] Incidentally, Yujiro launched Ishihara promotion before the conversion of pornographic routes and separated from Nikkatsu.

Masahiko Hori resigned as president in 1975, and Vice President Satoshi Murakami becomes president. As a result, parent and child Hori, who had been in charge of managing the company since before the war, was retired. At this time, Teiji Nemoto, who is from the Nikkatsu Labor Union , suddenly becomes the Senior Managing Director.

In July 1978, Nikkatsu Co., Ltd., which was listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange , faced a crisis of delisting due to a cumulative deficit exceeding the capital and falling into debt . Therefore, the company was affiliated with " Distribution Wholesale Center (ROC), " which was known as a commercial for Susumu Miyao at that time and was predominant as a cheap men's clothing chain . Faced with the delisting of the company by carrying out a third-party allotment to a subsidiary of the company, a carrier in Hong Kong called “Carrier Investment”, and a Tokyo loan finance company run by Ochiai Kanji. Survived the difficult situation. As a result of that, in September of the same year, we bought back the Chofu studio and took the opportunity to change the company name. and changed the **Nikkatsu Co. Ltd.**  .

Pushed by the rise of adult video , the 1980s people who came to the romantic porn theater in late dropped to the right, Nikkatsu gave up on romantic porn, and on July 1, 1988, the past romantic porn screenings Renamed the building to "Ropponica", changed the distribution company Nikkatsu Movie Distribution Co., Ltd. to "Cine Ropponica Co., Ltd." and resumed production and distribution of movies for the general public under the "Ropponica" label. The name of Ropponica comes from the fact that the head office was in Roppongi at that time .

In 1989 , cable television (CATV) for the content supply company " Nikkatsu Video Communications established." After the end of "Ropponica", the movie theater specializing in adult films run by Nikkatsu (hereinafter referred to as "Adult Pavilion") was showing New Japan movie works, but Ropponica Kanazawa, Cine Roman Hakata, Ropponica Asahikawa, Cine Roman Chiba, Cine Roman Nagoya, Closed at Ropponica Obihiro, Ropponica Akita, Ropponica Shimonoseki, and Ropponica Saga, and gradually withdrew and proceeded in the direction of reorganization. In April 2008 , Cine Roman Ikebukuro and Ropponica Takamatsu transferred the operations of two halls, and the adult hall that they owned since the start of romantic pornography was either transferred to another company or closed. Currently, in the former Nikkatsu direct management hall, the name "Ropponica" remains only in the adult halls in Takamatsu City and Yokkaichi City , Mie Prefecture.

### Management mother age transition

In 1992, the blockbuster " Rakuyo " produced to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its founding became a record failure, and in 1993 (Heisei 5), he applied for the application of the Corporate Rehabilitation Law and in fact went bankrupt. A leading game company of Namco (after Namco Bandai Entertainment) Chairman and President of Masaya Nakamura has embarked on management support. In 1997 (Heisei 9) after the approval of the rehabilitation plan , the company name was returned to the original Nikkatsu Co. , Ltd.

On April 21, 2005 , Namco announced that it is considering the transfer of Nikkatsu shares to USEN , but the Nikkei labor union showed difficulty with USEN's corporate constitution, and USEN abandons the acquisition. The same year on September 7 in the Index Holdings (hereinafter referred to as the index) has announced the acquisition of Nikkatsu shares of Namco holdings, the index is expressed to maintain the working conditions, Nikkatsu trade unions also agree, Nikkatsu the index group in September of the same year It became a subsidiary company. As of November 1st, the Chairman of the index, Masami Ochiai, became Chairman of Nikkatsu and Masaya Nakamura of Namco became a part-time Honorary Advisor. Nakamura also retired as Honorary Advisor in October 2008. [ *Source required* ] From the producer of Daiei when he was a member of the Tokuma group , the president changed to Daiei Kadokawa movie (later Kadokawa Shoten (video business) . Kadokawa movie ) . Naoki Sato, who had been the director in charge of production from the head, gave his name.

### NTV capital participation-present

On January 23, 2009 , Index Holdings transferred 34.00% of its shares to NTV . As a result, Nikkatsu became an equity-method affiliate from a subsidiary of Index . After that, Index also transferred its shares to Amusement Media Institute . After that, I transferred all the shares I had, such as by transferring them to SKY Perfect JSAT. Currently, the largest shareholder of NTV, SKY Perfect JSAT has become the second largest shareholder holding 27%, Nippon Television and SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings of equity method affiliate .

In the TV program " Rescue Fire, " which was broadcast by the main sponsor of Takara Tomy in April 2009, he has been working on a TV special effects drama for the first time in 35 years since Dengeki!! Strada 5 "  .

July 2014, Nikkatsu and Toho Towa established the Golden Asia Label. The first installment was Chau Shinchi's " Saiki: The Beginning of the Beginning ", which was released on November 21, 2014.

## Films and Original yearbook

### Taisho era

* 1912- By the notification of the national authorities advocating "revitalization of the immature movie industry", the four companies , Shokichi Umeya 's M Patte Shokai , Naganosuke [ Yokota 's Yokota Shokai , Fukudōdo , and Yoshizawa Shoten are integrated. "Japan Activity Film Co., Ltd." was established (the first president was Taketaro Goto ). In September, the name was changed to "Japan Activities Fukuoka Stock Company" (Nikkatsu).
* 1913 - Tokyo Prefecture Minami Katsushika-gun Sumida village (after the Sumida Tsutsumidori-chome, Sumida-ku, Tatsutsutsumi elementary school site) Mukojima studio to the inauguration. Due to internal conflict, Yokota Shokai affiliated with the actual rights of the company, and Naganosuke Yokota became president.
* April 15, 1914-The first line drawing comedy Tobobo new picture book released at Asakusa Teikokukan
* 1920 - Kenji Mizoguchi joined.
* 1922 Nikatsu's signboard director, Shozo Makino left.
* 1923- Mukojima Station stops functioning due to the earthquake. Kyoto Shogun Shooting Station (Opened in 1918. Kyoto City[1] production functions will be concentrated in Daishogun Ichijo-cho, Kita-ku, ).
* 1924 - Masakazu Nagata (Daiei president of post), joined as general affairs section apprentice to imperator studio.
* 1926- Ichiro Sugai, who is a supporting role later, joined Nikkatsu. Nikkatsu's leading actor at the time, Matsunosuke Onoe , a national star, died of heart disease. Year 52. The company funeral is held.

### Showa prewar

* 1928- Kyoto Uzumasa photo studio is completed and Daishogun photo studio is closed.
* May 21, 1929-Business tie-up with Chiezo Kataoka Productions
* 1932-Among the 400 employees of Uzumasa Studio, 200 of them are dismissed and the remaining one is reduced by 10%. Masanaga Nagata will be chaired by the formation of the "Cheap and Absolute Opposition Succession Alliance". Eventually, 150 people will be fired, but the salary will escape and the curtain will close. President Yokota resigns in the midst of the turmoil, and Sadayo Nakatani , managing director, takes office as president.
* 1934- The Tama River studio in Tokyo Chofu (later Kadokawa Daiei studio ) was completed, and the contemporary theater club was relocated to Tokyo. Masakazu Nagata left the company.

Asakusa park Rokku is the remnants of Negishi box office part of Hirokazu Negishi (film director Kichitaro Negishi hit the great-uncle of) became the director of the Tama River studio.
Directly manages the Japanese theater (Nichigeki) in Yurakucho, Tokyo , but withdraws due to failure. In this case, the major shareholder Eisuke Fukuda (the owner of the Miyako Shimbun ) contradicted the management responsibility of the management team, and President Nakatani resigned.
* 1935 - Otohiko Matsukata is appointed president. At the same time , Mr. Hisaku Hori, president of Sanno Hotel, was appointed as managing director, and he embarked on a business reconstruction. Moat in front of the huge corporate bonds Toho of Kazumi Kobayashi and ask for, moving to the business alliance.[2][ [3][ [4][
* 1936- Immediately after the business partnership between Nikkatsu and Toho was signed, Hisaku Hori was arrested for breach of commercial law ( octopus dividend ) and detained for one year.

In this case, the alliance with Toho, which Hori was promoting, will be void. This is due to the accusation of the Fukuda sect of a major shareholder, but Shochiku takes advantage of this and moves to purchase Nikkei loans from the Chiba Bank, which was the source of the moat .
Shortly after the arrest, Shochiku's dummy movie company Dai-Ichi-sha , which had been invested in Masakazu Nagata, the former Nikkatsu Kyoto film director for the Nikkei division, was dissolved. Nagata has also been appointed as the director of Shochiku's new Kinema Kyoto studio.
From a neutral position on the movements of Shochiku and Toho, the management decided to have Sakichi Morita , the president of Osaka, as the president, and Mitsugu Okura , the executive of Tokyo, as the managing director. However, because Okura was in communication with Shochiku, it became a problem because of conflict of interest.
* 1938- Payment is established with creditors. As a result, Toho and Shochiku both developed into a Nikkei stock battle. Morita moves with the gangsters to the disfellowship of Negishi in the Tama River. Morita is also an executive of a right-wing organization with a big game such as Utarou Noda in the back [ *citation needed* ] . Hirokazu Negishi is resigned their jobs, Makino Mitsuo and full movies was traded to. Negishi and Makino will send human resources from Manei to Toei , the fourth system that competes with Toho, Shochiku, and Daiei after the war .
* 1939 an affiliate of Toho and Shochiku.
* 1942-All production departments are invested in kind in Dainippon Film Production Co., Ltd. (Daei) , and Nikkatsu becomes a company specializing in entertainment.

### 1940s

* 1945 Company name changed to Nikkatsu Co., Ltd.
* 1946 movie show and became a Daiei affiliated theater.
* 1947-The Nikkatsu shares owned by Toho and Shochiku are transferred to the management team and released from their status. Becoming an independent company. On the other hand, Daiei shares will be forced to transfer to Daiei management and others. Hisaku Hori officially became president. Changed the theater management from Japanese movies (daiei) to western movies.
* 1949- Opened Nikkatsu Sports Center in Shiba , Minato-ku , Tokyo . Operates an ice skating rink. Promote management diversification.[5][

### 1950s

* 1950- The groundbreaking ceremony of the Nikkatsu International House is held (January 30).
* 1951 - Shizuoka Prefecture middle Izu "Tianyu Nikkatsu hotel" to Amagiyugashima of the district built a (now independent). Advance into the hotel industry.
* 1952 - New Toho president Saso Shozaburo at the request of, purchase the company's shares, which had fallen into financial difficulties. Planned a merger with the company, aiming to revive movie production. However, after all, Toho's horizontal spear entered and ended in failure, and Nikkatsu decided to aim for restarting film production on his own. In the same year, the Nikkatsu Kokusai Kaikan was built at the corner of the Hibiya intersection in Tokyo, the **Nikkatsu Kokusai Hotel** was opened in the building, and the head office was relocated to the Kaikan to start a rental building business. It was sold to the Hibiya Park Building and was dismantled in 2003, but the site has been the Peninsula Tokyo since 2007 ). Published "Hikkatsu 40 years history".
* 1954 - five-company agreement without Kusse to the pressure of large quantities pull each company of the star, the staff, and Tokyo Chofu in Nikkatsu studio built, and resume the movie production. On June 29, " Kokusada Tadaharu " and " Kakute Yume Yure" will be released. Opened the Enoshima Aquarium on the Katase coast in Kanagawa Prefecture .
* 1956 - Yujiro Ishihara joined.
* 1957 - six companies agreements concluded. Ends the conflict with five existing major companies (Toho, Shochiku, Daiei, Toei, Shintoho). Due to poor performance, including uncollected funds when movie production was resumed, the company fell unpaid. "Enoshima Marineland" opens. Late wages from October to December. Canceled movie lending to Nippon Television .
* 1958- Invested in Japan Education Television (later TV Asahi ) with Toei and Shintoho.
* 1959- Yujiro Ishihara's success and hit "Leaving Tosa Nankoku" were successful, and he succeeded in returning the dividend. The movie box office is doing well, and the distribution jumps to the second place in the industry after Toei (until 1964).

### 1960s

* 1960 - Sayuri Yoshinaga joined. Amagi Country Club Co., Ltd. was founded on April 5.
* 1961- February 14th, Keiichiro Akagi suffers a serious injury due to an accident in a go-kart that he was driving around in the Nikkatsu studio. Died on the 21st.

November 3 "Amagi Nikkatsu Country Club" opened. Opened at an 18-hole golf course and hotel and entered the golf course business.
* 1962-The movie entertainment department is solid, but the real estate department recorded a large deficit loss and re-distributed. Published "Hikkatsu Fifty Year History".
* 1963 - Thousand Nikkatsu Hall sold for 3,990 million yen to Tanaka real estate, Nagoya the Nikkatsu theater Takenaka sale at 750 million yen. The Amagi Country Club has a 9-hole Satomi course, which is now 27 holes and Japanese insects.
* 1964- Sold the core theater Marunouchi Nikkatsu Theater to Mitsubishi Estate for 1,420 million yen (later Shin-Yurakucho Building Northeast Corner). Hisashi Baba, the head chef of the Nikkatsu Hotel, becomes the head chef of the Tokyo Olympic Men's Village (the chef of the Women's Village is Nobuo Murakami of the Imperial Hotel ).[6] was).
* 1965- Toho and Toei fell into third place in the industry due to a sharp decline in distribution. The movie " Black Snow " (Director Tetsuji Takechi ) is caught and is in court. Mr. Tatsuo Yamazaki, the director of the photography office, has been replaced from the time production resumed, and Keiji Yamane, the general manager of the production department, has taken over. Masahiko Hori, Hisako Hori joined the company. Recruiting for voluntary retirement, 150 people applied.
* 1967- Kiyoshi Emori, Senior Managing Director Keiji Yamane, and Director of Kiyoshi Ishigami , who have been movie directors since production resumed, retired. Vice President Masahiko Hori will be in charge of the movie, and Satoru Murakami, who was the director of the distribution department, will be the director of the film. The site is also confused by this turmoil. Business performance is also rapidly deteriorating. Both countries the Nikkatsu movie theater Susumugin land and buildings sold 147 million yen to the Corporation. Similar to the previous year, it ranks fourth in the industry after Toei, Toho, and Daiei.
* 1968- Dismissed director Kiyojun Suzuki because of the content of the movie " The Mark of Killing " . Opened bowling alley in Ichihara City , Chiba Prefecture . Koriyama to individuals Nikkatsu theater at 106 million yen, Kanda Nikkatsu Hall at 160 million Takii Seed[7][ [8][9][ [10][ [11][ [12][ [13]Sold the .
* 1969 - Hakata the Nikkatsu hotel at 400 million MP4 yen Castle Park in, the Nikkatsu studio at 15 156 million yen Denkitsushinkyosaikai to, Tachikawa the Nikkatsu theater to Yasuda Life at 260 million, the turf Nikkatsu apartment Sold 527 million to Hidewa Residence and Fujisawa Nikkatsu Theater to Miyagawa Shoji for 176 million yen. Entered a serious situation due to poor performance. It was overtaken by Shochiku and fell to the bottom of the industry. Urayama Kiriro 's work "Woman I Abandoned" will be released in September.

### 1970s

* 1970- [ **Daiichi Eirei** is established by integrating Daiei and the distribution network (the president is Hideo Matsuyama, managing director of Daiei , and the vice president is Juzo Tsuboda, managing director of Nikkatsu). August 15 "War and Human Part 1" released on the Matsutake Western painting system. Sold Nikkatsu International House to Mitsubishi Estate for 7 billion yen , Ikebukuro Nikkatsu Theater to Takenaka Corporation for 550 million yen, and Tsurumi Nikka Theater to 60 million individuals.
* 1971-In the spring fight, the company side made a big concession and a five-digit bare-up reply that was more than requested, but the Nikkatsu labor union side said that "then the company is dangerous. The reversal phenomenon occurs. May, **Dainichi screening** , President Matsuyama resigned as president due to illness. Vice President Tsubota becomes president.

In order to symbolize such a company's escape, on June 2, President Nissay's “One-man” Horikyusaku Hori was retired from electric shock. The managing director is dismissed, Dainichi is devoted to the president and Daimei is destined to share), and the successor president is Masahiko Hori who is a son. In the same month, Nikkatsu's original distribution of "War and Humans Part 2" without going through Dainichi and its release on the Matsutake Western painting system became a big hit. Then Masahiko Hori announced that he would throw away block bookings and carry out freebooking blockbusters. In July, the film production was suspended, a reconstruction committee and a mechanism reform committee were established, and discussions were begun with a compromise between labor and management. This is where the Nikkatsu Labor Union's entry into the business is realized. After the simultaneous screening of " Bad Girl Mako " released at the end of August, " August's Wet Sand ", we will leave Dainichi. In the meantime, as a part of Daisakushin, he plans to make a movie of " Youth Gate " by Hiroyuki Itsuki, but after the twists and turns, Toho purchases the plan. In addition, even though he plans " Eh, isn't it? " as a work directed by Shohei Imamura, it is neverproduced, and the epicism ends with a shout. In late summer, the Labor and Management Organizational Reform Committee concluded that "abolition of general movies and specialization and conversion to small-budget small movies (=adult movies) are the last measures for Nikkatsu to survive". Reach The shooting started in mid-October, and the group of works released in late November started under the name " Nikkatsu Romantic Porn ." In the process, we recruited 306 voluntary retirements.

* 1972- Four adult movies of " Love's Warmth ", " Love Hunters in Love ", " OL Diaries/Smell of Female Cats ", " High School Geisha " were caught by the Metropolitan Police Department, and the following year, the Nikkatsu Roman Porn Trial Developed to. " Nikkatsu Children's Movie " started. The first work is "Winter of the Earth".
* 1973- "War and Human Third Part" released. Sold Sendai Nikkatsu Theater to Jusco , Fuse Nikkatsu Theater to Toei, and Umeda Nikkatsu Theater to Nippon Shinpan .
* 1974- The second Nikkatsu children's movie "Friend" is completed (Yusaku Matsuda also appears). On November 14, Horikyusaku died. Year of life 74.
* 1975 - Nikkatsu Institute of the Arts opened. In October, moved the head office to the studio. Completed the third children's movie "African Birds".

President Masahiko Hori resigned after taking responsibility for management, which was backfired by the expansion of the bowling business. The Hori clan retires and separates the Enoshima Aquarium. Succeeding president is Satoru Murakami.
* 1976 January - Special roadshow published in the "New Groove river class" Yomiuri Hall. A total of 20,000 people visited in 6 days.

August "Hanko!! Flower Cheering Group" made a big hit. Completion of the fourth film "Children's Third Class Hata".

* 1977 - Mitsuru Kurosawa photography director, et al producer faction is Shigeru Okada is withdrawn, Toei (later moved to the Central Arts established). A settlement was established to buy back Nikkatsu Cinema from the Telecommunications Mutual Aid Society. Completed the fifth children's movie, "Teacher's Tsushinbo".
* 1978- Split 7 companies: Nikkatsu Photo Studio Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Art Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Performing Arts Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Video Films Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Studio Center Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Children's Movie Co., Ltd.

While increasing or decreasing capital to avoid the delisting of the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to excess debt , a series of stock price manipulations will be carried out through a series of tie-up talks with the Distribution Wholesale Center ( ROC ), which poses a problem.
All nine defendants in the Romantic Porn Trial were acquitted by the Tokyo District Court (June 23). The prosecutor's side dissatisfied with the judgment and submitted a brief to the Tokyo High Court (July 4).
Renamed Nikkatsu Co., Ltd.
* 1979- [ Teiji Nemoto, who was the chairman of the Nikkatsu Labor Union , became the president. In April, the head office was moved from the studio to the newly built "Nikatsu Studio Center Building" on the site of "Tokyo Studio Center Building" at 9-24 Akasaka, Minato-ku . Used as head office until October 1990.

### 1980s

* 1980- Returned after 18 years. Roman porn trial, acquitted.
* 1981- " Japan Phil Story: The Fifth Movement of Fire " released.
* 1982 September 1-Nikkatsu 70th anniversary party will be held at Hotel New Otani .
* [14]May 28, 1988- Masahiko Hori, found in the apartment in Kanamachi , Katsushika-ku , a few days after his death. Year 56. "Nikatsu Romantic Porn" ends. Katsuji Kanazawa in the final work "Love game never ends " and Daisuke Goto in "bed partners" make director debut. July General movie production is resumed under the "Ropponica" brand, and double-splitting of "Chewing Woman" and "Melodrama" will be screened. ..[15][ [16][ [17][
* 1989 February-A fire broke out on the 5th stage of the Nikkatsu filming studio while shooting a commercial for Tohoku Shinsha, and one free staff member died. "Ropponica" ends. Vice President Masao Wakamatsu is promoted to president. Nemoto becomes chairman. In August, a producer of roman pornography became independent, and a newly-capitalized company, New Japan Video, was established. Started making pink movies under the label "Excess Film" .

### 1990s

* 1990 February 20 - " Channel NECO ," " Rainbow channel " broadcasting start. October, Nikkatsu is headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Hongo transfer to the original print warehouse ruins of a three-chome 28th No. 12. Nikkatsu Video, Nikkatsu Children's Movie, and Nikkatsu Visual Communications also moved to Hongo at the same time.
* 1992- Production of the great blockbuster " Rakuyo " commemorating the 80th anniversary of Nikkatsu . It is said that he left the director to the original author, welcomed Haruo Mizuno as an advertising producer, and despite the huge production cost of 3 billion, it was a record entry, and it triggered the bankruptcy. September 8th, 80th anniversary party will be held at Hotel New Otani . The 80th anniversary song composed by Kazuo Zaitsu was composed and Hitoshi Kusano acted as the host .
* [18]July 1, 1993-In addition to Nikkatsu Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Nikkatsu Shooting Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Video Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Chuo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Performing Arts Co., Ltd., Hakodate Nikkatsu Golf Club Co., Ltd. Seven Communications companies filed for bankruptcy after applying for the Corporate Rehabilitation Law to the Civil Code Part 8 of the Tokyo District Court. On July 6, a maintenance management order was issued and Shoji Miyake lawyer was appointed as the maintenance manager. Reorganization proceedings decision on September 30, have been made, Shozo lawyer lawyers Miyake trustee , Namco of Masaya Nakamura , chairman and president of the business trustee personality, entering the reconstruction activities. Later Nikkatsu Children's Film filed for bankruptcy and settled. Withdrew from management of Hakodate Cable Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (now New Media Hakodate Center) . Sannomiya Nikkatsu closed.
* 1995- After being produced as one of "Ropponica", the "Metropolitan Expressway Trial" series, which had been well received as an original video series, was accused of violating the Road Traffic Law that the speed limit was exceeded at the time of shooting. The photo studio receives a house search by the Metropolitan Police Department. Sold the land in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, which had been purchased as the planned site for Movieland. The Kobe International Nikkatsu Theater closed after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
* 1996- Approval of rehabilitation plan. The capital, which was 14,525,377,950 yen at the time of bankruptcy, was reduced by 100% to a new capital of 3 billion yen. Masaya Nakamura, the business trustee, became the president. Both name and reality join the Namco Group. The company name is returned to Nikkatsu Co., Ltd. Moved the head office location from 9-6-24, Akasaka, Minato-ku to 3-28-12, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku.
* [19]March 15, 1997- Nikkatsu website opened. The company emblem will be changed from June ( designed as if the *N* mark was drawn with a brush against the Namico color smoky fat background, and the company name is a rather wide Mincho typeface ). In October, the first Nikkatsu revival "I love you" will be released. [ *Source required* ]
* [20]August 1, 1998- Cine Roman Hakata " Cine Libre Hakata " and changed the building name.
* [21]May 1, 1999- Cine Libre Hakata Station opens.

### 2000s

* [22]February 28, 2000- Employee Stock Ownership Association established. The catchphrase was "Aiming for a second Yahoo stock." April 29, Cine Libre Ikebukuro opens. December Cine Libre Umeda opens.
* 2001 February - "Nikkatsu Roman Porno museum" open. July Tokyo District Court decides to end rehabilitation procedures. September 15, Cine Libre Kobe Open.
* [23]January 30, 2002- Yokohama Oscar , Yokohama Oscar 2 closed in Isezaki-cho, Naka-ku , Yokohama .
* [24]August 2003- Omiya Toei Oscar closed.
* 2005 - Naoki Sato became the president. Implemented an early retirement preferential system (voluntary retirement). In addition, the 9-6-24 Akasaka Lopponica Building will be sold by Maru Co. , Ltd. to Young Communication Co. , Ltd. In addition, the opening of Cine Libre Chiba New Town (August 6). Most of the Nikkatsu shares held by Namco are sold and join the index group. Then Sky Perfect Communications (later SKY Perfect JSAT ) acquired 15% of the issued shares from the index.
* [25]October 2006- Changed the company emblem to the current design.
* [26]February 2007- merged after absorption into a subsidiary of Nikkatsu media suits media distribution company in the same index group . October Established "Django Film Co., Ltd." through joint investment with "Desperado", a movie production company founded by Faith and Amuse Soft Entertainment .
* [27]December 2008-An agreement was reached with the Tokyo Theater Co., Ltd. on a business partnership in the video business, and the following year, from April to 3 years, it was decided to entrust the management of all movie theaters.
* 2009- Made " Yatterman " and co-distributed with Shochiku in March. Although it hits over 3 billion yen, it will record a deficit of over 1.2 billion in the fiscal year ending July 2009. In addition, Django Film's partner Desperado Co., Ltd. merged with the same face group "Giga Networks" to become Face Wonder Works, and withdrawal from movie production, Dango Film becomes a 100% subsidiary of Nikkatsu. April Shares owned by Index were sold to Nippon Television Network, etc., and became an affiliated company of Nippon Television. December Established “Art Impression”, an art subsidiary, and “Nikatsu Studio Service”, a studio management business.

### 2010s

* 2010-Launched "SUSHI TYPHOON", the first Japanese movie label dedicated to overseas release, and released the first work "Alien VS Ninja".
* [28]March 11, 2011- Cinelie Bull Chiba New Town was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake . The ceiling of the 6th and 7th theaters collapsed, and business was suspended  . May 13 Cine Libre Hakata Station closed. September Art impressions disbanded. The art work is taken over by Nikkatsu Studio Service.
* 2012- Celebrates the 100th anniversary of the company. To celebrate the 100th anniversary, hand-made monuments of actors and directors closely related to Nikkatsu were produced, and the unveiling ceremony was held on September 10. Cinemax Chiba New Town is officially transferred to Chiba Entertainment on November 1 .
* [29]July 1, 2013- Cine Libre Kobe is transferred to Tokyo Theater. Employees involved in the transfer were commended [ *Source required* ] .
* 2014- NTV Art, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTV, is in charge of the art department of the studio.
* [30]January 26, 2016-Launched the game label "SUSHI TYPHOON GAMES" and announced to enter the game business  .

### 2020s

* 2020-the company has delayed this years films intill 2021.
* 2021-To Be Added of the upcoming year.

#### Other films list

*Main article:* List of Nikkatsu Roman Porno films