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Shochiku

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Services · Distribution · Television
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websiteshochiku.co.jp
Emailibd@shochiku.co.jp
Phone+81 3 5550 1533
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

83 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars1of1nominations100%

253 wins from 482 nominations across all awards

Box office
$7m

Combined US gross, 13 of 176 titles

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Highest rated
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
1988
9.06,830 votes
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Lowest rated
Cube
2021
4.53,155 votes
Mostly
drama, animation, action
Active
1949–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Best known for
Death Note

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 112 of 176 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
8962 seasons

1967–2026

Television rating
8.7IMDb

Their films average 8.9, so the television rates 0.2 lower.

Networks
  • Tokyo MX16
  • MBS6
  • TBS6
  • NBC5
  • TV Tokyo5
  • Tulip Television4

Across 44 series matched to TMDB, 1,537 episodes. 8 still returning or in production.

Longest runningLittle House on the Prairie · 9 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 1,934

89 films · 88 TV titles

Titles per year139 titles · busiest 2025 with 15

139 titles across 30 years, averaging 4.6 a year. The last five years average 9.6 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time68 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 8.3200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 15 titles. The 33 titles since 2017 average 6.8, 1.4 below their 8.3 overall. 2 of 68 rated titles sit above their 8.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Shigeaki Kubo4
  • Yasujirô Ozu4
  • Yôji Yamada2
  • Keiichi Hara2
  • Naoko Yamada2
Writers
  • Norihisa Hiranuma4
  • Kôgo Noda4
  • Yasujirô Ozu4
  • Kei Watanabe3
  • Takeshi Obata3
Notable cast
  • Chieko Baishô4
  • Mayu Matsuoka3
  • Takumi Saitô3
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki3
  • Chishû Ryû3
Genres
  • Drama61 of 112
  • Animation50 of 112
  • Action33 of 112
  • Comedy31 of 112
  • Adventure21 of 112

Names appearing on two or more of Shochiku’s produced titles, across the 112 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Shochiku on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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