…first successful Japanese-developed wide-screen process, Tohoscope, similar to the American CinemaScope technique. During this period, Tōhō produced many of Kurosawa’s classic films, including Shichinin no samurai (1954; Seven Samurai) and Yojimbo (1961). The studio was perhaps best known, however, for its science fiction offerings, particularly in the kaiju (monster) genre.…
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