Toho International

Toho International, Inc. (国際東宝㈱) is an American company that is a subsidiary of Japanese film company Toho Co., Ltd. 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). Toho International currently manages the licensing, marketing, and distribution of Toho's movies and other products and are headquartered in Los Angeles.

On October 1, 2023, Toho International became also owned by a newly founded subsidiary of Toho, known as Toho Global. In December 2023, the company announced its intent to acquire a 25% stake in Fifth Season, majority-owned by CJ ENM, for $225 million. 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.

Exported films

 * Drunken Angel (1948)
 * Seven Samurai (1954)
 * Godzilla (1954)
 * Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
 * Half Human (1955)
 * The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
 * Rodan (1956)
 * Throne of Blood (1957)
 * The Mysterians (1957)
 * The H-Man (1958)
 * Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
 * The Hidden Fortress (1958)
 * Monkey Sun (1959)
 * The Three Treasures (1959)
 * Battle in Outer Space (1959)
 * The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
 * The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
 * The Human Vapor (1960)
 * The Story of Osaka Castle (1961)
 * 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)
 * Dogora (1964)
 * Onibaba (1964)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)