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00:00:56 1 History 00:01:05 1.1 As Shochiku Kinema 00:04:46 1.2 As Shochiku Corporation 00:08:21 2 Shareholders 00:08:44 3 Partial list of Shochiku Films 00:11:26 4 See also
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Shochiku Company Limited (松竹株式会社, Shōchiku Kabushiki gaisha) (TYO: 9601) is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and loner directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is a member of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ) and the oldest of Japan's Big Four film studios.