Shochiku is a Japanese entertainment company with one of the longest histories in Japanese show business. It began in 1895 managing kabuki theaters in Kyoto, took over the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo in 1914, and entered film production in 1920 by founding the Kamata Film Studio. It is counted among the Big Four film studios of Japan and is the oldest of them. Its founders, Takejiro Otani and Matsujiro Shirai, built a near monopoly on stage by owning theaters and kabuki and shimpa troupes, and Shochiku was the first Japanese film studio to drop female impersonators in favor of actresses. The studio launched the shomin-geki genre about lower-middle-class city life, released Japan's first talkie in 1931 and is associated with directors such as Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi and Keisuke Kinoshita. It also distributes anime films made by Sunrise.
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Founded in 1895, it initially managed kabuki theaters in Kyoto
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it is considered one of Japan's Big Four film studios
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Shochiku is a member of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ).
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In 1920, Shochiku entered the film production industry and established the Kamata Film Studio.
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