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4 unusual facts about Toho


Davezilla

In 2000, the site gained notoriety by receiving a Cease and desist letter from Seyfarth Shaw, the legal representation for the Toho Corporation of Japan due to the website's name being partly derived from the word "Godzilla."

Hōshuyama, Fukuoka

On March 28, 2005, Hōshuyama, along with the village of Koishiwara (also from Asakura District), was merged to create the village of Tōhō.

Koishiwara, Fukuoka

On March 28, 2005, Koishiwara, along with the village of Hōshuyama (also from Asakura District), was merged to create the village of Tōhō.

Tōhō, Fukuoka

The village was founded on March 28, 2005 by the merger of the villages of Hōshuyama and Koishiwara, both from Asakura District.


Akihiko Hirata

Before joining Shintoho as an assistant director (under his older brother, Yoshiki Onoda), Hirata moved into still photography, and eventually joined Toho in 1953, under the studio's "New Face" program, which would lead to his casting in Godzilla (although Hirata was originally intended for the part of Ogata, eventually played by another genre regular, Akira Takarada).

Akiko Kojima

She is also divorced from the famous Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who rose to fame in the Toho movie studios doing the Godzilla movies since 1954.

Fumiaki Miyamoto

Miyamoto started his oboe lesson at Toho Gakuen High School with Seizo Suzuki, and began his worldwide career at the age of 18, when he moved to Germany to study under Helmut Winschermann.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Director Shūsuke Kaneko's original script originally had Anguirus, Varan and Baragon defend Japan against Godzilla, but Toho told him to replace the former two with the more popular King Ghidorah and Mothra, as Anguirus and Varan were not considered bankable enough to guarantee a box-office hit.

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

In the film's post-credits scene, in an undisclosed location, a laboratory is shown, filled with canisters that contain the DNA of numerous Toho kaiju.

Japanese invasion of Thailand

Escort ship IJN Shimushu escorted transports Zenyo Maru, Miike Maru and Toho Maru to Nakorn Sri Thammarat, southern Thailand, with more of the 143rd Regiment

Park Yong-ha

He and co-star Song Yun-ah visited Japan to promote the series in a showcase attend by 800 VIP guests at Toho Cinema in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

Pink Gorilla

Toho, owner of the Godzilla franchise, claimed the store was infringing upon its trademark.

School Food Punishment

"feedback": Opening theme to the BS-i television drama Joshidaisei Kaikeishi no Jikenbo, 3rd Annual Toho Shinemazu Gakusei Eigaisai image song.

The War of the Gargantuas

The film was co-produced between the Japanese company Toho, and Henry G. Saperstein's American company UPA.

Toho Bank

Toho Bank also operates some branches outside of Fukushima prefecture, with branches in Utsunomiya, Miyagi Prefecture, and Tokyo, among others.

Tōhōkai

This article is about the Tōhōkai political party, not to be confused with Touhou, the popular Japanese game sometimes spelled "Toho."


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