Shintoho
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Predecessor | Toho (former employees) |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Defunct | 1961 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
Area served | Japan |
was a Japanese movie studio recognized as one of the six major film production companies during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema, alongside Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho. It originated in 1947, established by former employees who left Toho following a labor strike.
Between 1957 and 1960, Shintoho sought to capture the horror and supernatural audience by creating numerous films, including period ghost tales and modestly budgeted science fiction. Among these was the Starman (Super Giant) series, developed as a competitor to popular heroes such as Planet Prince, Space Chief, and Moonlight Mask. The studio ultimately filed for bankruptcy in 1961, with its last film being Jigoku.
Shintoho Starlet Program
Similar to other prominent Japanese studios, Shintoho launched its "Shintoho Starlet" program in 1951 to discover fresh talent.[1] Due to the company's premature closure, documentation remains incomplete. A notable participant was future kickboxing icon Tadashi Sawamura, who joined under the alias "Tetsuya Shiro".[2]
Partial list of Shintoho's films
- Nozomi nakini arazu (1949)
- Ikoku no oka (1949)
- Nagarehoshi (1949)
- Yu no machi ereji (1949)
- Shin Tokyo ondo-Bikuri goningumi (1949)
- Design of a Human Being
- Shinya no kokuhaku (1949)
- Guudo bai (1949)
- Enoken - Okochi no Tabisugata ninki otoko
- Zenigata Heiji torimonocho hikae-Heiji hapyakuyacho (1949)
- Ginza kankan musume (1949)
- Nabejima kaineko den (1949)
- Otoko no namida (1949)
- Daitokai no kao (1949)
- Umon torimonocho-Nazo no hachiju hachiya (1949)
- Tobisuke's Adventures (1949)
- Hateshinaki jonetsu (1949)
- Wasurerareta kora (1949)
- Akireta museme tachi (1949)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Enoken - Kasaoki no Gokuraku fufu (1949)
- Ohara Shosuke-san (1949)
- Damoi (1949)
- Jinsei senshu (1949)
- Rinchi (1949)
- Kage wo shitaite (1949)
- Enoken - Kasaoki no Osomehisamatsu (1949)
- Shojoho (1950)
- Aktsuki no daso (1950) ("Escape at Dawn")
- Tokyo Kachinka musume (1950)
- Ishinaka sensei gyojyoki (1950)
- Tsuma to onna kisha (1950)
- Enoken no sokonuke daihoso (1950)
- Umi no G-Men-Genkainada no musume (1950)
- Muko sangen ryodonari-Koi no sanmoneko (1950)
- Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
- The Depths (1957), also known as Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi, a supernatural tale.
- Seven Mysteries (1957), alternatively titled Ghost Story of Wanderer at Honjo.
- Starman series:
- Atomic Rulers of the World (1957)
- Invaders from Space (1957)
- Attack from Space (1957)
- Evil Brain from Outer Space (1958–59)
- Black Cat Mansion (1958), also called Borei Kaibyo Yashiki.
- Ghost of Chibusa Enoki (1958), known as The Mother Tree.
- The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959), also referred to as Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan.
- Woman Vampire / Lady Vampire ('Onna kyuketsuki') (1959).
- Girl Diver of Spook Mansion / The Haunted Cave (1959).
- Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin (1959).
- Ghost of Kagami-ga-fuchi / Kaidan Kagami-ga-fuchi (1959).
- Ghost of the Girl Diver / Kaidan ama yurei (1960).
- Ghost Cat of Otama Pond / Kaibyo Otama-ga-Ike(1960).
- Sennin Buraku(1960).
- Jigoku ("Sinners of Hell"), released exclusively for adult audiences in 1960.
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