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Tohokushinsha Film Corp.

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation is engaged in the media business in Japan. The company produces television (TV) commercials, promotional and music videos, and other genres of films; offers services in various entertainment fields, such as commercial, film, video, and TV programs; provides sales promotion services, including designing goods, organizing events, creating visual advertising, and direct-mail and cross-media marketing services; produces and designs content for Websites; and designs and produces multi-media pieces, including graphics, video presentation, and point-of-purchase, as well as sales promotions in conjunction with TV commercials for various brands. It also produces promotional and branding events, such as trade exhibitions, ceremonies, parties, and street and over-the-counter sales events; operates approximately 96 studios, such as telecine, audio mixing, and recording studios, as well as editing bays; provides services of high definition and standard definition shooting, linear and non-linear editing, and mastering and digital versatile disc (DVD) duplication services; produces feature films, TV programs, documentaries, video promotions, broadband programs, etc., as well as distributes films; and acquires projects, such as books and concepts, and develops those into film projects. In addition, the company offers DVD and home videos releases; develops original characters for merchandising and licensing; produces anime programs; distributes various TV programs of studios and distributors of the United States, Europe, and Japan; offers dubbing and subtitling services; and is involved in the satellite broadcasting operations. Further, it is engaged in the operation of supermarkets and Kimura Brewery-our sake brewery; retail and wholesale of recording media; online wine merchandising; provision of interior design and related merchandise; and operation of a visual-techno academy. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.