Toei Company

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Toei Company, Ltd.

Tōei's headquarters at Toei Kaikan in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo
Native name	東映株式会社
Romanized name	Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū (1949–1951)
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 9605
Industry	Film and television Video games
Predecessor	Toyoko Eiga Company Ōizumi Films
Founded	October 1, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-01) (as Tōkyō Eiga)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	2-17 Ginza 3-chome, Chūō, Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Worldwide, with a focus in Japan
Key people	Noriyuki Tada (chairman) Fumio Yoshimura (president and CEO)
Products	Motion pictures, publicity materials
Services	Film and TV distribution and marketing
Revenue	¥ 66,300,000,000 (As of March 2006)
Number of employees	343 (As of March 1, 2019)
Subsidiaries	Toei Video Toei Animation Toei Advartising Toei Studios Kyoto Toei TV Production Toei CM Toei Labo Tech San-ei Printing T-Joy Toei Hotel Chain Toei Kenko TV Asahi Holdings (8.09%)
Website	www.toei.co.jp/en/
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Toei Company, Ltd. (東映株式会社, Tōei Kabushiki-gaisha, an acronym for Tōkyō Eiga Haikyū (東京映画配給) lit. 'Tokyo Film Distribution'; /ˈtoʊ.eɪ/) is a Japanese entertainment company. Headquartered in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, it is involved in film and television production, distribution, video game development, publishing, and ownership of 34 movie theaters. Toei also owns and operates studios in Tokyo and Kyoto and holds shares in several television companies. The company is renowned for its production of anime and live-action dramas known as tokusatsu, which incorporate special visual effects. It is also known for producing period dramas. Toei is the majority shareholder of Toei Animation and is recognized for its franchises such as Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.

Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ 日本映画製作者連盟), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios, alongside Kadokawa Daiei Studio, Shochiku and Toho.