Studio No.05

Shochiku Shimogamo Studio, Kyoto Films Studio

Date of establishment	September 1923 (February 1926, January 1944)
Location	Shimogamo-Miyazaki-cho
Nearest station	Eiden Demachiyanagi Station
Main executive manager	Hotei Nomura, Nobutaro Shirai, Masahiro Makino
Leading actor	Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kokichi Takada
Keynote director	Teinosuke Kinugasa, Minoru Inuzuka, Taizo Fuyushima
Remarks	Rapidly constructed on purchased land after Kamata Studio was damaged by the Great Kanto earthquake. Debut of Kinuyo Tanaka in 1924. Affiliated with Bando Tsumasaburo Production in January 1926, and filmed through May 1926. Admission to Teinosuke Kinugasa New Impressionist Film League in June 1926. Established Kinugasa Motion Picture League in October 1926. 1927 Chigo no Kenpo – Debut of Kazuo Hasegawa. It gained great popularity. Kazuo Hasegawa transferred to Toho Eiga in 1937. Masahiro Makino became the executive manager of the Shochiku Studio in 1943. Fire outbreak in 1950. Sold to Shochiku subsidiary Kyoto Films in 1952.

Date of establishment	December 1952
Location	Shimogamo-Miyazaki-cho
Nearest station	Eiden Demachiyanagi Station
CEO	Hiroshi Otani
Leading actor	Jushiro Konoe, Yoko Matsuyama
Keynote director	Masahiro Makino, Sadatsugu Matsuda
Remarks	Shochiku sold to subsidiary Kyoto Films in September 1952 and inaugurated as Shochiku priority rental studio in December 1952. Kyoto Films produced television programs. The studio was downsized and the space not used became Kamogawa Bowling in May 1963. Moved to Uzumasa and closed the Kyoto Films Studio in September 1974. Changed to a residential area in 1977.