Shintoho


Shintoho Co. Ltd. was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company following a bitter strike in 1947.
To compete with the other major studios in the horror/supernatural movie field, Shintoho turned out a large group of such films between 1957 and 1960, including a number of period ghost movies and low-budget science fiction films. Shintoho declared bankruptcy in 1961, its last production being Jigoku.

Shintoho Starlet Program

Like the other major Japanese movie companies at that time, Shintoho was also recruiting so-called new faces under the name of "Shintoho Starlet". Recruitment started in 1951. However, due to the early bankruptcy of Shintoho, the materials have been scattered, and there are many unclear points in the information on successful applicants. One of the successful applicants was the future kickboxing sports-legend Tadashi Sawamura, who acted under pseudonym "Tetsuya Shiro".

Partial list of Shintoho's films

Nozomi nakini arazu Ikoku no oka Nagarehoshi Yu no machi ereji Shin Tokyo ondo-Bikuri goningumi Design of a Human BeingShinya no kokuhaku Guudo bai Enoken - Okochi no Tabisugata ninki otokoZenigata Heiji torimonocho hikae-Heiji hapyakuyacho Ginza kankan musume Nabejima kaineko den Otoko no namida Daitokai no kao Umon torimonocho-Nazo no hachiju hachiya Tobisuke's Adventures Hateshinaki jonetsu Wasurerareta kora Akireta museme tachi Stray Dog Enoken - Kasaoki no Gokuraku fufu Ohara Shosuke-san Damoi Jinsei senshu Rinchi Kage wo shitaite Enoken - Kasaoki no Osomehisamatsu Shojoho Aktsuki no daso Tokyo Kachinka musume Ishinaka sensei gyojyoki Tsuma to onna kisha Enoken no sokonuke daihoso Umi no G-Men-Genkainada no musume Muko sangen ryodonari-Koi no sanmoneko