Shintoho
{{Short description|Former Japanese film studio}}
{{Hatnote|For the pink film company founded in 1961 as a successor to Shintoho, see Shintōhō Eiga}}
{{Expand Japanese|新東宝|date=February 2009}}
{{nihongo|Shintoho Co. Ltd.|新東宝株式会社|Shintōhō kabushiki kaisha|or New Tōhō Company}} was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios (which also included Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho) during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company following a bitter strike in 1947.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=xvi}}
To compete with the other major studios in the horror/supernatural movie field, Shintoho turned out a large group of such films between 1957 and 1960, including a number of period ghost movies and low-budget science fiction films{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=xvi}} (such as the Starman (Super Giant) series which was designed to compete with rival then-popular characters Planet Prince,{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=49}} Space Chief and Moonlight Mask{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=386}}). Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being Jigoku.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=317}}
Shintoho Starlet Program
Like the other major Japanese movie companies at that time, Shintoho was also recruiting so-called new faces under the name of "Shintoho Starlet". Recruitment started in 1951.[https://lp.p.pia.jp/shared/cnt-s/cnt-s-11-02_2_6ca904e9-eca4-492b-bb93-2e3687c7a3ee.html 原知佐子、ヴァンプと憎まれ役と鬼才の伴侶と] - ぴあ・2020年1月23日 However, due to the early bankruptcy of Shintoho, the materials have been scattered, and there are many unclear points in the information on successful applicants. One of the successful applicants was the future kickboxing sports-legend Tadashi Sawamura, who acted under pseudonym "Tetsuya Shiro".[https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geino/292044 大蔵貢社長の独裁で「新東宝」に歪み…“エログロ路線”も下降線をたどる] - 日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL・2021年7月17日
Partial list of Shintoho's films
- Nozomi nakini arazu (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Ikoku no oka (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Nagarehoshi (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Yu no machi ereji (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Shin Tokyo ondo-Bikuri goningumi (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Design of a Human Being{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}
- Shinya no kokuhaku (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=71}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=72}}
- Guudo bai (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=72}}
- Enoken - Okochi no Tabisugata ninki otoko{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=72}}
- Zenigata Heiji torimonocho hikae-Heiji hapyakuyacho (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=72}}
- Ginza kankan musume (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=72}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Nabejima kaineko den (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Otoko no namida (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Daitokai no kao (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Umon torimonocho-Nazo no hachiju hachiya (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Tobisuke's Adventures (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Hateshinaki jonetsu (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Wasurerareta kora (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Akireta museme tachi (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}
- Stray Dog (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=73}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Enoken - Kasaoki no Gokuraku fufu (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Ohara Shosuke-san (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Damoi (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Jinsei senshu (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Rinchi (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Kage wo shitaite (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Enoken - Kasaoki no Osomehisamatsu (1949){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=74}}
- Shojoho (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=77}}
- Aktsuki no daso (1950) (translation: Escape at Dawn){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=77}}
- Tokyo Kachinka musume (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=77}}
- Ishinaka sensei gyojyoki (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=77}}
- Tsuma to onna kisha (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=78}}
- Enoken no sokonuke daihoso (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=78}}
- Umi no G-Men-Genkainada no musume (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=78}}
- Muko sangen ryodonari-Koi no sanmoneko (1950){{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=78}}
- Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
- The Depths (1957) a.k.a. Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp) {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=315}}Lee, Walter W. (1973). "Reference Guide to Fantastic Films". Chelsea-Lee Books. Page 239
- Seven Mysteries (1957) a.k.a. Ghost Story of Wanderer at Honjo (Kaidan Honjo Nanfushigi){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=317}}Lee, Walter W. (1973). "Reference Guide to Fantastic Films". Chelsea-Lee Books. Page 239
- Starman: Atomic Rulers of the World (1957){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=318}}
- Starman: Invaders from Space (1957){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=318}}
- Starman: Attack from Space (1957){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=318}}
- Starman: Evil Brain from Outer Space (1958-1959){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=318}}
- Black Cat Mansion (1958) a.k.a. Borei Kaibyo Yashiki{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=315}}
- Ghost of Chibusa Enoki (1958) a.k.a. Kaidan chibusa enoki, a.k.a. The Mother Tree{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=316}}Lee, Walter W. (1973). "Reference Guide to Fantastic Films". Chelsea-Lee Books. Page 239
- The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) a.k.a. Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=316}}
- Woman Vampire (Onna kyuketsuki) (1959) a.k.a. Lady Vampire {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=318}}
- Girl Diver of Spook Mansion (1959) a.k.a. The Haunted Cave{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=316}}
- Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin (1959){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=315}}
- Ghost of Kagami-ga-fuchi (1959) a.k.a. Kaidan Kagami-ga-fuchi{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=316}}
- Ghost of the Girl Diver (1960) a.k.a. Kaidan ama yurei Lee, Walter W. (1973). "Reference Guide to Fantastic Films". Chelsea-Lee Books. Page 238
- Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (1960) a.k.a. Kaibyo Otama-ga-Ike{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=316}}Lee, Walter W. (1973). "Reference Guide to Fantastic Films". Chelsea-Lee Books. Page 238
- Sennin Buraku (1960){{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=317}}
- Jigoku (1960) a.k.a. Sinners of Hell; released as "adults only"{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=317}}
See also
References
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- {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=McFarland |date=1994 |isbn=0-89950-853-7 |author-link=Stuart Galbraith IV}}
- {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |year=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1461673743}}
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External links
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- https://www.imdb.com/company/co0038715/
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