Toho International

Toho International, Inc.^[2] is an American company that is a subsidiary of Japanese film company Toho Co., Ltd.^[3][4][5] Founded in May 1953, the company was initially created to sell films by Toho in North and South America; amongst their first features to export overseas were Seven Samurai and Godzilla (both 1954).^[5] Toho International currently manages the licensing, marketing, and distribution of Toho's movies and other products.^[6] It is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Toho International, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	May 1953; 72 years ago (1953-05)
Headquarters	Los Angeles , California
Key people	Kōji Ueda (president)[1]
Parent	TOHO Global
Subsidiaries	Fifth Season (25%) GKIDS

On October 1, 2023, Toho International became also owned by a newly founded subsidiary of Toho, known as Toho Global.^[7] In December 2023, the company announced its intent to acquire a 25% stake in Fifth Season, majority-owned by CJ ENM, for $225 million.^[8] Earlier that year, Toho International announced it had acquired 50% stakes in Frederator Networks animated series Bee and PuppyCat, Bravest Warriors, and Bravest Warriors spinoff Catbug.^[9]

Exported films

• Drunken Angel (1948)^[10]
• Seven Samurai (1954)^[5]
• Godzilla (1954)^[5]
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
• Half Human (1955)
• The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
• Rodan (1956)^[10]
• Throne of Blood (1957)
• The Mysterians (1957)^[10]
• The H-Man (1958)^[10]
• Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
• The Hidden Fortress (1958)^[10][11]
• Monkey Sun (1959)
• The Three Treasures (1959)^[12]
• Battle in Outer Space (1959)^[10]
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960)^[13]
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960)^[14]
• The Human Vapor (1960)
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961)^[15]
• Mothra (1961)
• The Last War (1961)
• Gorath (1962)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Matango (1963)
• The Lost World of Sinbad (1963)
• Atragon (1963)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• You Can Succeed, Too (1964)^[16]
• Dogora (1964)^[17]
• Onibaba (1964)^[18]
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Latitude Zero (1969)
• All Monsters Attack (1969)
• Space Amoeba (1970)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
• ESPY (1974)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
• The War in Space (1977)
• The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
• Kagemusha (1980)
• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Princess from the Moon (1987)
• Gunhed (1989)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Godzilla Minus One (2023)^[19][20][21]
• My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)