Shochiku Studio

Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社松竹撮影所
Company typePublic
IndustryEntertainment (Film studio and Filmmaking)
FoundedOctober 15th, 2008
Headquarters12-9, Uzumasa Horigauchi-cho, Ukyo-ku, ,
Number of locations
2
ParentShochiku
Divisions
  • Kyoto Studio
  • Tokyo Studio
Websitewww.shochiku-ks.com/en/

Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社松竹撮影所, Kabushiki gaisha Shōchiku Satsueijo) is a Japanese film and production studio company of Shochiku Group, which has been producing movies and dramas for roughly a century,[1] being the second-oldest motion picture company in Japan.

The company has production bases in Kyoto and Tokyo since its inception in the 1920s, and the long-established Shochiku Kyoto Studio (松竹京都撮影所, Shōchiku Kyōto Satsueijo) is equipped with a studio facility that is deeply rooted in tradition.[1]

It has also worked on the production of Hollywood films such as "The Last Samurai".[2]

Shochiku Studio is known for productions of many Japanese period dramas, movies, TV and commercials.

  1. ^ a b 国立映画アーカイブ】展覧会「松竹第一主義 松竹映画の100年」開催のおしらせ所 ["Shochiku Cinema at 100" by National Film Archive of Japan]. PR TIMES (in Japanese).
  2. ^ Edward Zwick (5 December 2003). The Last Samurai (film). USA: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.