A major Japanese motion picture and entertainment company, famous for producing Godzilla films and other major Asian cinema.
From Japanese 'Tōhō' (東方), meaning 'east direction' or 'eastern.' Founded in 1932, it's now one of Japan's oldest and largest film studios.
Toho created Godzilla in 1954 as a metaphor for Japan's trauma from nuclear weapons—it's a Japanese studio turning their national nightmare into a monster that stomps through Tokyo. That's why Godzilla movies are so different from American monster movies: they're art born from real historical pain.
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