Toho Co., Ltd. is a Japanese entertainment company primarily engaged in the production and distribution of motion pictures and the exhibition of stage plays. The company is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and serves as one of the core entities within the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.
Toho is widely recognized for producing and distributing significant works of Japanese cinema, including kaiju and tokusatsu films by Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya, as well as films by Akira Kurosawa. The company also distributes animated features from various studios, such as Studio Ghibli and CoMix Wave Films. It has released the majority of Japan's highest-grossing films and operates as the country's largest film importer through its subsidiaries.
One of the company's most notable achievements is the distribution of the Doraemon film series since 1980. This franchise holds the record as the highest-grossing animated film series in Japan and ranks among the highest-grossing non-English language film series globally.