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Foundation date 1 october 1950
Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社, Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha) (pronounced toe ay) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for anime, live action dramas known as tokusatsu which use special visual effects, and historical dramas (jidaigeki).
The name "Toei" is derived from the company's former name "東京映画配給 (Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū)" (Tokyo Film Distribution Company).
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(1986)Filmography of Toei Company (342 films)
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, 2h26Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Masako Natsume, Shima Iwashita, Kei Yamamoto, Mari Natsuki
À Kyoto durant l'été 1940 : Hanako Kiryuin est retrouvée morte dans le quartier chaud. C'est l'occasion pour sa sœur adoptive Matsue de se souvenir de sa jeunesse dangereuse passée dans l'ombre de leur père, Onimasa Kiruyin, fondateur d'un clan redouté issu de l'île de Shikoku (province de Tosa), et de son amour contrarié pour un syndicaliste. À travers elle, c'est aussi vingt années d'histoire du Japon (1918-1940) qui défilent en arrière-plan.
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
, 1h28Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films
Actors Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure
In 1840, in the rural and wooded hillside region of Kushiata near Kyoto, Japan, a samurai, named Shigero, comes home to find his wife, Otami, in bed with another man, named Masanori. In a violent scene, Shigero kills them both and then himself. Flash-forward to the present day, an American family of three, whom includes writer Ted Fletcher, his wife Laura, and their 12-year-old daughter, Amy, moves into this since-abandoned house and starts to experience incidents of haunting and possession. The three murdered people still haunt the house and subject each of the Fletcher family to various harassment and mischief which gets more frequent and serious with each passing day.
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
, 2h38Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Tetsurō Tanba, Tsunehiko Watase, Toshiro Mifune, Masaomi Kondō
Le film retrace l'histoire des 47 rōnin.
Message from Space (1978)
, 1h45Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Sonny Chiba, Akira Oda, Vic Morrow, Philip Casnoff, Tetsurō Tanba, Hiroyuki Sanada
The peaceful planet of Jillucia in the Andromeda galaxy, has been conquered by the steel-skinned warriors of the Gavanas Empire, whom have turned the planet into a military fortress. Kido, leader of the tribes of Jillucia, sends out eight Liabe Seeds to find those who can liberate their planet. Kido's granddaughter, Princess Emeralida, and the warrior Urocco follow the seeds into space.
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
, 1h33Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Kōji Tsuruta
Master assassin Golgo 13 (Sonny Chiba) is hired by an American crime syndicate to kill Chou Lei Fang, a powerful member of the syndicate's Hong Kong branch who has been selling their drugs through his own channels. At the same time, he has to keep an eye out on Smith (Callan Leung), a hard-boiled Hong Kong detective who is hell-bent on taking down Chou and his drug-manufacturing organization.
The Classroom of Terror (1976)
, 1h25Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Yūsaku Matsuda, Nenji Kobayashi, Tetsurō Tanba, Hideo Murota, Toru Abe
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
Dragon Princess (1976)
, 1h21Origin Japon
Genres Martial arts, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba, Yoshi Katō
The film opens with Kazuma Higaki (Sonny Chiba) and his daughter Yumi Higaki (Etsuko Shihomi) being attacked by a rival karate master, Hironobu Nikaido (Bin Amatsu) who wants Kazuma's job as top karate master. Nikaido teams up with four other masters and they manage to disable one of Kazuma's arms and wound his eye with a kunai knife. Alive but crippled Kazuma and Yumi retreat to New York where he trains his daughter to avenge him and the death of a friend. After her father's death, Yumi returns to Tokyo to take her revenge. She enters a karate tournament funded by a corrupt business man, but Nikaido, seeking to assure his student's supremacy in the coming fight, sends his four top fighters to wipe out the rest of the competition. Eventually, Yumi, with the help of another karate student, Masahiko Okizaki (Yasuaki Kurata) kills Nikaido and his minions. Her arm is permanently disabled, keeping her from continuing her karate but allowing her to continue on with the rest of her life.
Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
, 1h20Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Deux histoires se déroulant à Edo à l'époque du Shogun. 1 - A une époque où les chrétiens sont persécutés avec véhémence, Iori tombe amoureux d'une jeune chrétienne. Lorsqu'elle et sa famille sont capturées lors d'un raid, son maître sadique la prend comme esclave personnelle pour tourmenter Iori et tente de briser son esprit par le viol, la torture et le sadisme pur. Après qu'Iori ait refusé de participer plus longtemps, il est exilé, mais jure de la récupérer quoi qu'il en coûte. 2 - Lorsque Sutezo est contraint de servir le maître violent d'un bordel afin de rembourser ses dettes, sur place, il se lie d'amitié avec une jeune fille nommée Sato. Ensemble, ils s'échappent et tentent de se débrouiller en vivant d'escroqueries et de petits larcins.
Karate Warriors (1976)
, 1h29Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Hideo Murota, Isao Natsuyagi, Yayoi Watanabe, Jyunichi Haruta, Nenji Kobayashi
Chico arrive dans une ville où règne une guerre sans merci entre deux gangs mafieux rivaux. Il entreprend de récupérer un stock important d'héroïne caché par l'ancien chef d'un des deux gang.
The Bullet Train (1975)
, 1h55Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Disaster films
Actors Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Ken Utsui, Akira Oda, Tetsurō Tanba, Kei Yamamoto
Tetsuo Okita is a former businessman who lost his manufacturing company to bankruptcy and separated from his wife and son a year earlier. Desperate to make ends meet and start over, he collaborates with activist Masaru Koga and his former employee Hiroshi Ōshiro in an elaborate plot to extort money from the government.
Karate Bullfighter (1975)
, 1h25Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Mikio Narita, Yumi Takigawa, Hideo Murota
Korean descent Japanese karate master who tries to prove that his karate is better than the modern "dance" karate. Based on Mas Oyama portrayed by student and actor Sonny Chiba.
The Street Fighter (1974)
, 1h31Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Kenji Kazama, Jyunichi Haruta, Seizō Fukumoto
The film begins as Takuma (Terry) Tsurugi meets the condemned murderer Tateki (Junjo) Shikenbaru while disguised as a Buddhist monk. Tsuguri applies his "oxygen coma punch" to Junjo, causing him to collapse just before he can be executed. As Junjo is rushed to a hospital, Tsurugi and his sidekick Rakuda (Ratnose) ambush the ambulance and free him. As Tsurugi and Ratnose watch the incident on the news, Junjo's brother Gijun and sister Nachi arrive and plead for more time to pay for Tsurugi's help. Outraged, Tsurugi refuses and attacks the siblings. Gijun accidentally kills himself when Tsurugi dodges his flying kick, causing him to go out of a window, and Nachi is sold into sexual slavery through Renzo Mutaguchi.
The Yakuza (1974)
, 1h52Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Keiko Kishi, Richard Jordan, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman
Retired detective Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is called upon by an old friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner has been doing business with a yakuza gangster, Tono (Eiji Okada), who has kidnapped Tanner's daughter to apply pressure in a business deal involving the sale of guns. Tanner hopes that Kilmer can rescue the girl using his Japanese connections.
Sister Street Fighter (1974)
, 1h26Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba
When Lee Long (Hiroshi Miyauchi), a shorinji kempo champion and Hong Kong drug agent, goes missing during an investigation into the activities of a dummy corporation called Central Export, his sister, Tina (Sue Shiomi), is called in to continue the investigation in his place. On her way to Club Mandarin, she visits her uncle (Harry Kondo), who operates a restaurant, and her cousins Jerry (Tatsuya Nanjo) and Remi (Nami Tachibana). At Club Mandarin, she receives a red rose, the signal to look for Lee's partner in the investigation, Fanny Singer (Xiè Xiù-Róng). When assassins for Central Export abduct Fanny, Tina takes them on singlehandedly, but they manage to capture Fanny and load her in their car, which is then hijacked by shorinji kempo student Sonny Hibachi (Sonny Chiba), who proceeds to transport her to the ballet studio operated by his girlfriend, Shinobu Kojo (Sanae Ohori).
, 1h23Directed by Teruo Ishii, Shigehiro Ozawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Reiko Ike, Etsuko Shihomi, Bruce Li, Seizō Fukumoto, Jyunichi Haruta
The film starts as Takuma Tsurugi retrieves Go Owada during a riot. After Tsurugi receives what is believed to be payment for bringing Go to them, he discovers that he had been paid in newspapers. Outraged, Tsurugi lashes out at the mobsters present and clashes with a young woman from Taiwan named Huo Feng. The Owada family is enraged that Tsurugi turned on them and decides to crush him.