Creator / Shochiku

The oldest operating film company in Japan^note But not the oldest operating film studio; that distinction goes to Nikkatsu, who has been producing films since 1912, Shochiku was established in 1895 as a Kabuki Theatre company and entered the film industry in 1920. Shochiku has distributed works by acclaimed directors such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Yasujiro Ozu, and Yoji Yamada. They also have a long-running relationship with animation studio Sunrise, having released most of their film output to theaters.

Films produced or distributed by Shochiku

• The 47 Ronin (1941-1942)
• Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2000)
• An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
• Anpanman films (1989-1998)
• Army (1944)
• August Without Emperor (1978)
• The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
• Big Man Japan (2007)
• Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (2023)
• Black Jack: The Movie (1996)
• Boiling Point (1990)
• Brother (2000)
• Carmen Comes Home (1951)
  • Carmen's Pure Love (1952)
• Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
  • Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000)
• Casshern (2004)
• Castle of Sand (1974)
• Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
• Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983)
• Dead Leaves (2004)
• Departures (2008)
• Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1986)
• A Dog of Flanders (1997)
• Dragnet Girl (1933)
• Early Summer (1951)
• The Eel (1997)
• Eijanaika (1981)
• The Emperor in August (2015)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess (2012)
• Farewell to Spring (1959)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
• Gamera the Brave (2006)
• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Gohatto (1999)
• Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
• Good Morning (1959)
• The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach! (1986)
• The Great Yokai War (2005)
• Gundam films:
  • Mobile Suit Gundam compilation trilogy (1981-1982)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Miller's Report (1998)
  • Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz – Special Edition (1998)
  • ∀ Gundam compilation duology (2002)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition trilogy (2004)
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation trilogy (2005-2006)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition trilogy (2006-2007)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (2010)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash trilogy (2021-ongoing)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (2024)
• Hal (2013)
• The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
• Harakiri (1962)
  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011 remake)
• A Hen in the Wind (1948)
• Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
• The Human Condition (1959-1961)
• The Ideon: Be Invoked (1982)
• The Idiot (1951)
• Immortal Love (1961)
• An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
• I Was Born, But... (1932)
• Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
• Josee, The Tiger, and The Fish (2020)
• The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
  • The Castle of Crossed Destinies (2012 sequel)
• Late Spring (1949)
• The Living Skeleton (1968)
• Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
• Love and Honor (2006)
• Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
  • Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019)
• Macross films:
  • Macross Plus: Movie Edition (1995)
  • Macross 7 The Movie: The Galaxy is Calling Me! (1995)
• Memories (1995)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1945)
• Moon Child (2003)
• Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
• The Only Son (1936)
• Osaka Elegy (1936)
• Pale Flower (1964)
• Passing Fancy (1933)
• Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
  • Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
  • WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 (2002)
  • The Next Generation -Patlabor- series (2014-2015)
• Portrait of Chieko (1967)
• Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
• Project A-Ko (1986)
• Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
• Run with the Wind (2009)
• Scandal (1950)
• A Silent Voice (2016)
• Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
• Sonatine (1993)
• A Song to the Sun (2006)
• Spring Dreams (1960)
• A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1929)
• A Straightforward Boy (1929)
• StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
• Summer Days with Coo (2007)
• The Sun's Burial (1960)
• Sword of the Beast (1965)
• A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)
• Tokyo Chorus (1931)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• Tokyo Twilight (1957)
• Tora's Pure Love (1976)
• A Town of Love and Hope (1959)
• Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
• The Twilight Samurai (2002)
• Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
• Ultra Series films (1984-present)^note Bar the occasional jump to other studios like Toho (Shin Ultraman) or Warner Bros. (Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends).
• Vengeance is Mine (1979)
• Venus Wars (1989)
• Violent Cop (1989)
• Walk Cheerfully (1930)
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
• Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
• Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)
• Yatterman (2009; live-action adaptation)
• Zatoichi (2003)
• Zero Focus (1961)

Television shows (live-action and anime) produced by Shochiku (includes OVAs)

• ARIA the Animation (2005; with Hal Film Maker)
  • ARIA the Natural (2006)
  • ARIA the Origination (2008)
  • ARIA the Avvenire (2015)
  • ARIA the Crepuscolo (2021)
  • ARIA the Benedizione (2021)
• Captain Earth (2014; with Studio Bones)
• The Familiar of Zero (2006-2008 [Seasons 1-3]; with J.C. Staff)
• Hissatsu series (1972-present)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018; with Production I.G)
• Master of Martial Hearts (2008-2009; with Arms Corporation)

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