Toho-Towa

Toho-Towa Company, Limited is a Japanese company whose stated business includes the import and distribution of foreign films, video production and sales, and other video-related operations. Its official company information lists its establishment as April 1959, with headquarters at the Kawakita Memorial Building in Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The company's official site presents theatrical releases and related news, and its corporate history traces a lineage back to Towa Shoji Goshi Kaisha, founded in October 1928 by Nagamasa Kawakita as a pioneer of foreign-film import and distribution in Japan.

According to the company's official history, Towa Shoji Goshi Kaisha was founded in October 1928 by Nagamasa Kawakita as a pioneer of foreign-film import and distribution in Japan. Kashiko Takeuchi (later Kawakita), who joined shortly after the founding and later married Kawakita, worked with him; initially the company imported and released mainly outstanding works from European countries, and also introduced Japanese films abroad and produced international co-productions. It was renamed Towa Eiga Co., Ltd. in 1951, reorganized as Towa Co., Ltd. in 1960, and renamed Toho-Towa Co., Ltd. in 1975. Over that period it expanded its import sources to include American and Hong Kong films, and in recent years it has centered on entrusted distribution in Japan of American Universal works.

Product categories. Foreign film import and distribution · Video production and sales · Video-related operations

1. 1東宝東和株式会社 オフィシャルサイトtohotowa.co.jp
2. 2会社情報 | 東宝東和株式会社 オフィシャルサイトtohotowa.co.jp
3. 3Toho-Towawikidata.org