JAPAN: FILM MAKER ISAO MATSUOKA HEAD OF THE TOHO COMPANY TALKS ABOUT HIS FILM CAREER AND LIFE TIME AWARD FROM CINE ASIA

Record ID: 388124

  • Title: JAPAN: FILM MAKER ISAO MATSUOKA HEAD OF THE TOHO COMPANY TALKS ABOUT HIS FILM CAREER AND LIFE TIME AWARD FROM CINE ASIA
  • Date: 12th December 1998
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 7, 1998) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF TOHO'S THEATRE IN CENTRAL TOKYO SIGN OF TOHO FILM AND TV COMPANY PEOPLE ENTERING TOHO CINEMA THEATRE TO SEE FILMS WIDE SHOT OF ISAO MATSUOKA, CHAIRMAN OF TOHO CO., LTD, WORKING AT HIS OFFICE CLOSE UP OF MATSUOKA AT WORK POSTERS OF TOHO'S FILMS (SOUNDBITE) (JAPANESE) MATSUOKA (TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE FOUR DECADES IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN IN THE FILM INDUSTRY): "There have been various developments in the industry, such as improved picture quality and sound, and an increase in the size of screens, which is also significant. However, the biggest historical developments by far have been those of being able to record colour and sound."
  • Embargoed: 27th December 1998 12:00
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  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Entertainment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5JHL6E8PQN0LNJZWM4283AF56
  • Story Text: Isao Matsuoka, chairman of the Japanese film and televison company Toho is expected to arrive in Hong Kong on Tuesday (December 08) where he is to receive the lifetime achievement award at the CineAsia movie convention.Before he left Tokyo to receive the award Mr Matsuoka talked to Reuters about his four decade long career in the industry Isao Matsuoka joined Toho in 1957, was named president twenty years later in 1977 and elevated to chairman in 1995.According to CineAsia's co-managing director Jimmy Sunshine under Matuoka's guidance Toho has grown into one of the most respected entertainment conglomerates in the world.
    Toho's core activities include cinemas (44 screens in prime locations in Japan, plus an additional 110 theatres operated by affiliates), film and TV production, live shows and property.
    The film Godzilla is Toho's best known asset....and for over forty years...about the time Mr Matsuoka has been at the company...has been one of Japan's best known and best loved movies.
    It was Matsuoka who oversaw a deal where Hollywood's Sony studio took up the rights to produce a Godzilla movie in the United States.In return, Toho would get royalties from new Godzilla goods and they would be able to take the movie to their theatres in Japan.
    Previous CineAsia lifetime achievement honorees include Golden Harvest's Raymond Chow, Village Roadshow's Roc Kirby and Shochiku's Toru Okuyama.
    The fifth CineAsia conference, which includes a trade show, seminars and previews of December 10.
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