Daito Kogyo

Daito Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese film production company that once existed  . Commonly known as Daito movie (Daito Ueiga)  , abbreviated as Daito (Daito)  . Shiga Prefecture, Kusatsu in Kusatsu movie theater-Kusatsu second movie theater (of later Kusatsu cinema house had run a) Shotaro Sumi is, Takeo Ito of independent films as collateral company, 1958 (1958) in November, Established in Chuo-ku , Tokyo  . Known for producing two works , " Kiku to Isamu " and " Toi without Weapons "  .

About "Daito Movie Co., Ltd.", which produced an adult movie in 1971 (Showa 46) --1975 (Showa 50)

See " Kanto Eihai "

## History

* November 2, 1958-Registrar of Establishment
* March 29, 1959- " Kiku to Isamu " released
* November 8, 1960- "The War Without Weapons " released

## Overview

On November 2, 1958 (Showa 33) , it was established and registered as **Daito Kogyo Co.** , **Ltd.** at 2-5, Ginza , Chuo-ku, Tokyo . The location is the same as the location of the independent film (representative Atsumi, the successor to the Hokusei film ) at that time . Independent movie, 1954 (1954) July 10, inherits the assets and personnel and distribution business from **Hokusei movie**, is a distribution company that Takeo Ito was established to become a representative, of the production company central movie of work However, due to the resumption of independent production by Nikkatsu in the same year , independent staff were absorbed, the central movie was disbanded, and the movie to be distributed was no longer produced . In the independent film, Susumu Atsumi, who was the managing director, was appointed as the representative director, Ito was demoted to the director, and Daito Kogyo was founded by Shotaro Kado, who was the director of the independent film . The movie theaters that Shotaro Kado ran in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture and Moriyama Town, Nosu County , Shiga Prefecture (now Moriyama City , Kusatsu Prefecture ) were the Kusatsu Movie Theater (2-chome, Honmachi, Kusatsu City, former Taishoza ). At the Kusatsu No. 2 Movie Theater ( Ojii Town , Kusatsu City , later Kusatsu Cinema House) and Moriyama Movie Theater (Moriyama Town Oaza Yoshimi) addition,he ran the Ueno Movie Theater (23 Marunouchi) in Ueno City, Mie Prefecture (currently the Ueno District of Iga City, Mie Prefecture ) .

At the time the company was established, the directors of independent films, in addition to the thickness president and Ito Director, Aya Hisao ( Modern Motion Picture Association president), Yamada Tenware ( modern production president), Shigeyoshi Uno ( troupe Mingei ), Matayoshi Eguchi (Screenplay House / Former Toho Photo Studio  ), Soichi Nakajima , Ichiji Fukutake ( President of Fukutake Tourism ), Shotaro Kado, Tokuji Fujimoto ( President of Nagano / Matsumoto Central Theater  ), Eiichi Tezuka (President of Tokyo / Tezuka Kogyo) , Ryuma Asano (former President of Kinuta Production ), Yoshio Sugimoto , Ken Ishihara , Kiichiro Kanai ( President of Tokyo Recording Development ) and Makoto Tsuji are the auditors, and the directors of the company are Ken Ishihara, Yoshio Sugimoto, Tadashi Imai.(Film director, former Toho studio), Satsuo Yamamoto (Film director, former Toho studio), Miyoji Ieki (Film director, former Matsutake Ofuna studio ), Makoto Tsuji as an auditor, and the management overlapped  . At the same location as the two companies, there was also a company called Independent Film Distribution (established in July 1954), in which Chiteru Yamaguchi, who was a director of independent films , serves as the representative director .

However, at the end of December of the same year, one month after the establishment of Daito Kogyo, the independent film distribution business in Japan was suspended, and the business was converted to a Western-style film distribution company  . As a result, Takero Ito, Susumu Atsumi, Chiteru Yamaguchi, and Ichiji Fukutake have resigned, and Daito Kogyo's president, Sumi Shotaro, has been appointed chairman of the independent film . The company's first film, "Kiku to Isamu," was produced under the supervision of Tadashi Imai, a director of the company, in the midst of the turbulent production and distribution system, and the distribution rights were transferred to Shochiku in 1959 (Showa 34).  Published by Shochiku on March 29th . In the production of this work, Daito Kogyo posted a deficit of 23 million yen, while Shochiku, which was distributed, posted a surplus of 120 million yen . On August 1, the same year, he established Taiyo Film with Shotaro Kado as the president as a new Western film distribution company to replace the independent film that had virtually stopped functioning . It is recorded that the ocean movie distributed and released " Battle of the Coral Sea ( English version ) " (Director Paul Wendkos ( English version ) ) on December 1st of the same year . ..

Triggered by the Hokusei movie, ocean movie that has passed through an independent movie, 1960 (1960) March, Nordic movie Herald movie with (later of Kadokawa Herald Pictures , current KADOKAWA Kadokawa Shoten brand Company) was merged into  . Subsequently, Daito Kogyo produced "The War Without Weapons" under the direction of Satsuo Yamamoto, a director of the company, as the second work  . This movie is based on Senji Yamamoto , and was produced by collecting investment from workers in Kansai ( Osaka general comment ). The company voluntarily distributed it and released it on November 8th of the same year  . The company also ended up in the red for the film . Sumi Shotaro's eldest son, Toshi Kakusha, was appointed as a director of the company, but in the same year he was appointed as Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Sales Department to manage the company, and Sumi Shotaro became the manager of Ueno Movie Theater in Iga Ueno. Dedicated  .

## Corporate data

* Company name: Daito Kogyo Co., Ltd.
* Location: 2-5 Ginza , Chuo-ku, Tokyo Ginzakan Building[1][
	+ Current 2-9-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo35 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds north latitude 139 degrees 46 minutes 4 seconds east longitude
* President and CEO: Shotaro Kado
* Officer:
	+ Directors: Ken Ishihara , Yoshio Sugimoto , Tadashi Imai , Satsuo Yamamoto , Miyoji Ieki
	+ Audit & Supervisory Board Member : Makoto Tsuji
* Capital: 10 million yen
* Established: November 2, 1958 [ [2]

## Filmography

The collection status of the National Film Center of Japan (NFC), etc. is also described  .

* " Kiku to Isamu ": Director Tadashi Imai , Distributor Shochiku , released on March 29, 1959-Produced by NFC for 117 minutes of screening prints
* "The War Without Weapons ": Director Satsuo Yamamoto , released on November 8, 1960-Production and distribution, 136-minute screening prints by NFC