Toho Company Studio Directory -Japanese: Tôhô Kabushiki-gaisha

A Japanese entertainment company that produces film and theater productions, as well as distribution of it's product. Most highly regarded as the producer of the films of Akira Kurosawa, as well as the co-producer and distributor of Studio Ghibli animated films. But Toho's greatest contribution to world cinema has to be their creation of the monster Godzilla, who was featured in 29 Toho films. Godzilla and his kindred Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, and Rodan are described as being Toho's "Big Five" due to the monsters' numerous appearances in Toho films.