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SHOCHIKU to Celebrate its 110TH ANNIVERSARY in 2005
Founded in 1895 and starting off with Kabuki theaters, Shochiku now has established itself as a leading motion picture/theater producer, distributor, and exhibitor. Shochiku have produced Yasujiro OZU, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Kenji MIZOGUCHI, Akira KUROSAWA, Nagisa OHSHIMA, Takeshi KITANO, and keeps on introducing many talented directors inside and outside of Japan.
Recent productions include "THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI" by Yoji Yamada, which was presented in competition at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival and was also nominated for the 76th Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film.
Shochiku also acts in the Japanese film industry as an active independent distributor, and as for the exhibition side, Shochiku holds five theater lines, encompassing all of Japan. It holds its own video label and distribution system, and is involved in TV production.
In 2003, Shochiku focuses on Yasujiro Ozu's 100th anniversary of his birth, having special screenings and retrospectives around the world. |
address : 4-1-1, Togeki Bldg. 13F, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-8422 Japan
tel : (+81) 3-5550-1623 fax: (+81) 3-5550-1654
email : ibd@shochiku.co.jp
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DIRECTORS AND STATUTORY AUDITORS
CORPORATE DATA
<Directors and Statutory
Auditors (As of 24th May, 2007)> |
Chairman of the Board
Nobuyoshi Ohtani
President
Junichi Sakomoto*
Senior Managing Directors
Suketsugu Noda
Tadashi Abiko
Managing Directors
Atsushi Nakajima
Director and Counselor
Kiyofumi Kamijo
Directors
Noboru Yutani
Nobuhiko Shirai
Teruki Matsumoto
Ichiro Seki
Daishiro Aramaki
Masato Takenaka
Mitsuhito Hosoda
Standing Statutory Auditor
Toshiaki Okada
Statutory Auditors
Naoji Kawamura
Toshihiko Kashiwagi
Katsuhiro Nakagawa
*Representative Director
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Corporate Data
(As of 28th February, 2007)
Head Office
1-1 Tsukiji 4-chome
Chuo-ku,Tokyo 104-8422
Japan
Tel.: 03-5550-1533
Fax: 03-5550-1637
Founded
1895
Established
1920
Paid-in Capital
￥28,114 million
Number of Shares of Common
Stock
Authorized: 300,000,000 shares
Issued: 125,695,578 shares
Number of Shareholders
14,894
Number of Employees
1,290
Branch Offices
Osaka, Fukuoka
Film Studio
Kyoto
Number of movie theaters
13 (29 screens)
Number of theaters
4
Number of buildings for lease
16
Major Affiliate
Kabukiza Theatrical Corporation
Leasing of buildings and management of parking lots |
Major Consolidated Subsidiaries
Shochiku Cineplaz Co., Ltd.
Operation entrusted by Shochiku to manage its cinemas
Shochiku Costumes Co., Ltd.
Production, sale and leasing of theatrical and other costumes
Shochiku Service Network Co., Ltd.
Maintenance of buildings
Shochiku Kansai Service Co., Ltd.
Maintenance of buildings
Shochiku Multiplex Theatres Co., Ltd.
Planning, building and operation of multiplex theaters
Shochiku Geino Co., Ltd.
Provision of actors' services and production of stage plays
Eisei Gekijo Co., Ltd.
PAY TV program supplier through satellite
Kabukiza Butai Co., Ltd.
Production of stage sets
Shochiku Kyoto Eiga Co., Ltd.
Production and sales of motion pictures, and renting of studios
Chuei Co., Ltd.
Operation of cinemas
Dento Bunka Hoso Co., Ltd.
PAY TV program supplier through satellite
Shochiku Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
Development, utilization and licensing of music copyrights
Tri-Media Inc.
Production of commercial films and arrangements to screen them at cinemas
Shochiku Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Provision of actors' services and
production of stage plays
Shochiku New Select Co., Ltd.
Operation of cinmas
Show Biz Studio Co., Ltd.
Production and reproduction of sound effects for stages etc.
Movie Channel Co., Ltd.
PAY TV program supplier through satellite |
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