Kadokawa Pictures
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- Company Name: Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.
- Japanese: 角川映画株式会社
- Founded: 1942 / November 1, 2002 (Current corporate entity)
- Corporate Address: 9F, 3-6 Kioi-cho,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 102-8302, Japan
- Studio Address: Kadokawa Daiei Studio 6-1-1 Tamagawa, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-0025, Japan
- Tel: (+81) 3-5213-0681
- Fax: (+81) 3-3556-1361
- see List of Kadokawa Pictures films
- see List of Movie Companies
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Founded in 1942 as Daiei Motion Picture Company (大映株式会社 Daiei Kabushiki kaisha?), the studio went bankrupt in 1971. In 1974 it was bought by Tokuma Shoten; and in 2002 was sold to Kadokawa Shoten and renamed Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co. Ltd., later Kadokawa Pictures. In March 2004, Kadokawa Pictures acquired a 44% stake in Nippon Herald Films and acquired the remaining 56% stake the following year. Following the passing of Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Daiei was sold to the massive Kadokawa Publishing Company. In November 2002, Chairman Maihiko Kadokawa announced that Daiei would merge with the company’s own film division to form the Kadokawa-Daiei Motion Picture Company. Shortly thereafter, the company’s name was simplified to Kadokawa Pictures. On March 1, 2006, it merged with the Kadokawa Herald to become Kadokawa Herald Pictures Inc. One of the most famous studios in Japan, it is best known for having produced the giant monster Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy. It also produced the Zatoichi film series and the television series Shōnen Jet.
