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Studio No.04

Makino Educational Films Tojiin Studio and Toa Kinema Tojiin Studio

Tojiin Temple
Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station

Makino Educational Film Production Tojiin Studio

Date of establishment	September 1921
Location	Tojiin Temple
Nearest station	Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station
CEO	Shozo Makino
Leading actor	Tomu Uchida, Masatada Makino
Keynote director	Shozo Makino, Koroku Numata
Remarks	Established in the precincts of Tojiin Temple; joined Taisho Katsuei staff; Teinosuke Kinugasa makes his directorial debut.

Makino Film Production Tojiin Studio (Makino Kinema Toujiin Studio)

Date of establishment	April 1923 (November 1923)
Location	Tojiin Temple
Nearest station	Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station
CEO	Shozo Makino
Leading actor	Hataya Ichikawa, Tsumasaburo Bando, Shinpei Takagi
Keynote director	Shozo Makino, Koroku Numata, Bansho Kanamori
Remarks	Rokuhei Susukita screenplay Senketsu no Tegata, tried to make Tsumasaburo Bando a star. Aiming to create a period drama with realistic sword-fighting scenes from old Kabuki-based plays. Temporarily accepted staff from Shochiku Kamata Studio after the earthquake.

Bronze statue of Shozo Makino

1923 Senketsu no Tegata – Directed by Koroku Numata, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

1924 Kaiketsudaka – Directed by Buntaro Futagawa, Starring Shinpei Takagi

1924 Moyuru Uzumaki – Directed by Koroku Numata, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

Toa Kinema Tojiin Studio (Toa Makino Tojiin Studio)

Date of establishment	June 1924 (January 1925)
Location	Tojiin Temple
Nearest station	Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station
Executive manager	Shozo Makino
Leading actor	Tsumasaburo Bando, Shinpei Takagi, Ryunosuke Tsukigata
Keynote director	Shozo Makino, Koroku Numata, Buntaro Futagawa, Teinosuke Kinugasa
Remarks	Edokaizokuden Kageboshi – Tsumasaburo Bando becomes a smash hit overnight. Shozo Makino directed and produced a film starring Shojiro Sawada from Shinkokugeki.

1924 Kunisada Chuji Shinshu Miyako Ochi – Directed by Buntaro Futagawa, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

1925 Nanimono? – Directed by Ryujin Torahiko, Starring Shinpei Takagi

1925 Tsukigata Hanpeita – Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Starring Shojiro Sawada

1925 Edo Kaizokuden Kageboshi – Directed by Buntaro Futagawa, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

1925 Hakaishi ga Ibiki wo Suru Koro – Directed by Buntaro Futagawa, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

1925 Koi to Bushi – Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, Starring Tsumasaburo Bando

Toa Kinema Kyoto Studio

Date of establishment	June 1925
Location	Tojiin Temple
Nearest station	Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station
Leading actor	Shinpei Takagi, Tokumaro Dan, Kanjuro Arashi
Keynote director	Goro Hirose, Tamizo Ishida, Kumahiko Nishina, Taizan Goto
Remarks	Toa Kinema Koyo Studio closing and merger in 1927. Financial support from Ichizo Kobayashi in 1930. Established an agency company, Tokatsu Eiga-sha Film Company in 1931.

Toa Kinema Kyoto Studio

Toa Kinema Kyoto Studio Floor Plan

Toa Kinema Kyoto Studio

1928 Kumoi Tatsuo – Directed by Shusei Goto, Starring Ryunosuke Kumoi

1928 Shinban Ooka Seidan Suzuki Genjuro chapter – Directed by Goro Hirose, Starring Tokumaro Dan

1929 Muttsuri Umon Torimonochou Ichibantegara Nanbanyurei – Directed by Matsuo Hashimoto, Starring Kanjuro Arashi

1930 Zoku Kurama Tengu Denko Hen – Directed by Taizan Goto, Starring Kanjuro Arashi

Tojiin Studio of Tokatsu Eiga-sha Film Company

Date of establishment	September 1931
Location	Tojiin Temple
Nearest station	Randen Kitano Line Tojiin-Ritsumeikan University Station
CEO	Hisao Nishijima
Main executive manager	Tatsugoro Abe
Leading actor	Mitsusaburo Ramon, Kusuo Abe, Goro Kawabe, Hideto Hayafusa
Keynote director	Taizan Goto, Takuji Furumi, Eisuke Takizawa, Hideo Oe
Remarks	Established as an agency of Toa Kinema. Dissolved and the studios closed in October 1932.

January 1932 Oedo Hyobanki – Directed by Teppei Yamaguchi, Starring Mitsusaburo Ramon

May 1932 Dochu Hyoban Kageboshi – Directed by Takuji Furumi, Starring Kusuo Abe

July 1932 Eigoro Tabisugata – Directed by Yoshiyuki Uzawa, Starring Kusuo Abe

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