Year |
Month |
Events |
1951 |
4 |
Toyoko Eiga, Oizumi Eiga and Tokyo Eiga Haikyu consolidate as Toei Company Limited. Toyoko Eiga Studios renamed as Toei Studios Kyoto. |
1953 |
12 |
Double-bill screening called "Goraku-ban" in domestic Toei theatres begins. |
1957 |
4 |
Japan's first widescreen samurai fiction movie "Otori Jo No Hanayome" is released. |
1961 |
5 |
Award-winning filmmakerTomu Uchida's samurai epic "Miyamoto Musashi" is released. |
1963 |
7 |
Tadashi Imai's "Bushido " wins Golden Bear award at the 1963 Berlin International Film Festival. |
1973 |
1 |
Battles Without Honor and Humanity by Kinji Fukasaku is released. It is the first film in a five-part series also known as The Yakuza Papers (outside Japan). |
1975 |
11 |
Toei Kyoto Studio Park opens for business. In just its first three days, it attracts more than 70,000 people. |
2001 |
12 |
Toei's 50th anniversary film "Sennen No Koi Hikaru Genji Monogatari" is released. |
2005 |
12 |
The 60th anniversary of the war's end film "Yamato" is released. |
2009 |
7 |
The 40th season of Mito Komon has started. Mito Komon began its run in 1969 and will celebrate its 40th anniversary. |