is a 1962 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho Studios.

It was also the first of two Japanese made films featuring the King Kong character ( or rather, its Toho Studios counterpart ) and also the first time both King Kong and Godzilla appeared on film in color and widescreen.

Beck, accompanied by two Warner Bros. representatives, attended at least two private screenings of the film on the Toho Studios lot before it was released in Japan.

Kurosawa refused to shoot the peasant village at Toho Studios and had a complete set constructed on the Izu Peninsula.

Toho Studios originally cut fifty minutes off the film when screening it for American distributors for fear that no American audience would be willing to sit through the entire picture.

In 1938 he became head of Special Visual Techniques at Toho Tokyo Studios, setting up an independent special effects department in 1939.

A loyal company man, Tsuburaya continued to work at Toho Studios until his death in 1970.

UPA also produced two features, 1001 Arabian Nights and Gay Purr-ee, and distributed Japanese films from Toho Studios in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1970, Saperstein led UPA into a contract with Toho Studios of Japan to distribute its " giant monster " ( see kaiju and tokusatsu ) movies in America.

The movies broadcast were taken from the classic Universal Horror movies of the 1930s to 1950s, the Hammer Studios and American International Pictures films of the 1950s, Roger Corman's horror films of the 1960s, and Toho Studio's " giant monster " ( known in Japanese as either kaiju or tokusatsu ) movies of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Kurosawa first encountered Mifune when Toho Studios, the largest film production company in Japan, was conducting a massive talent search, during which hundreds of aspiring actors auditioned before a team of judges.

At Tokyo Disneyland, whose mansion is a replication of the one in Florida, both inside and out, the narration is provided by Teichiro Hori, a movie producer from Toho Studios ( Hori also provides the voice of the talking skull in Tokyo's version of Pirates of the Caribbean ).

He landed major roles in two science fiction epics from Toho Studios in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

Actors at Toho Studios later fondly remembered Adams as a " team player ".

The techniques developed by Eiji Tsuburaya for Toho Studios continue in use in the tokusatsu film and television industry.

TCM occasionally shows some classic films from 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Toho Company Ltd., but they are licensed individually.

A fan of the original Kozure Ōkami films, Weisman had obtained the rights for $ 50, 000 from the American office of Toho Studios.

This is because they convinced 20th Century Fox to make up a shortfall in the film's budget when the original producers, Toho Studios, could not afford to complete the film.

* King Kong vs. Godzilla ( 1962 )-A film produced by Toho Studios in Japan, it brought the titular characters to life via detailed rubber and fur costumes, and presented both characters for the first time in color.

Monsterland and Monster Island are fictional locations in Toho Studios ' Godzilla film franchise, both serving as nature reserves or homes for several giant monsters.

The movie's producer said that North Koreans placed pressure on Toho Studios through labor unions in Japan, requesting that the studio pull out of its affiliation with Inchon.

Because of this criticism, Toho Studios canceled its participation in the Inchon project.

With the popularity of the first few Godzilla films in the United States, Toho Studios of Japan began the practice of having the movies dubbed in Asia for overseas export.

Soon after graduating from Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joined Toho Studios.

However, after doing some screen tests and storyboards, Toho figured Jet Jaguar would not be able to carry the film on his own, either in screen appearance or marketing value, so they shut the project down during pre-production.

Toho had planned to shoot this film on location in Sri Lanka, but had to forgo that ( and scale back on production costs ) because they ended up paying RKO roughly $ 200, 000 ( US ) for the rights to the King Kong character.

It wasn't until 1984 and Godzilla's 30th anniversary that Toho would start production on a new Godzilla movie.

Toho has also been involved in the production of numerous anime titles.

He went freelance with his own production company, Tsuburaya Visual Effects Research ( working on films for other studios ), until he returned to Toho in the early 1950s.

In 2003, Konami teamed up with the Japanese film production company Toho Company, Ltd. in creating their own genre of tokusatsu TV series, known as the Chouseishin Series, in attempt to emulate and rival the success of Toei's Super Sentai genre.

In 2004, Anza appeared as Ellen in one production of Miss Saigon ( also produced by Toho ) as well as a Japanese adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters in the role of Irina.

A new production of the musical produced by Toho Co. opened at the Theater Creation in Tokyo, Japan on January 6, 2009 directed and translated by G2, where it received glowing, 4-star reviews.

Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya was planning on working on other projects at this point in time such as a new version of a fairy tale film script called Kaguyahime ( Princess Kaguya ), but he postponed those to work on this project with Toho instead since he was such a huge fan of King Kong.

The film was originally written for King Kong ( called operation robinson crusoe: king kong vs ebirah ), but Toho switched Kong with another popular character at the time, Godzilla.

* Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster at Toho Kingdom, including some reviews

When Godzilla 1985 failed at the box office, it was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to receive any major release in North American theaters until Godzilla 2000 fifteen years later.

It was at Toho that he met Natto Wada.

He expanded his technique greatly during this period and earned several awards, but did not stay long at Toho.

Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music.

Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Kawakami was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death.

* The Volcano Monsters at Toho Kingdom

* Raids Again at Toho Kingdom including several reviews

The band streamed a live press conference, at the movie's premier at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills, through Ustream. tv on May 29.

Toho entrusted him with the epic Japan's Longest Day ( 1968 ), a cinematic version of what happened to official Japan at the end of the war, but the next year he also made The Human Bullet for Art Theatre Guild, a more personal and satirical vision of an everyman's experience of World War II.

* Godzilla: Final Wars at Toho Kingdom including several reviews

In addition to her heavy composing, touring, and recording schedule, Abe has been a lecturer, then professor, at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo since 1970.

Wanting to become an actor, he auditioned at Toho, Daiei Film and Nikkatsu, but did not pass any of his auditions.

Nishimura studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music.

Toho wanted to have King Kong fight their own monster Godzilla instead of the Frankenstein giant in the original story and, after working out a deal with Beck as well as RKO, the copyright holder of King Kong at the time, produced King Kong vs Godzilla.

Toho thought the story would not make any sense because the JSDF are trying to get Godzilla ( who was still a villain at this point ) to kill Frankenstein because they are afraid Frankenstein will start eating humans.