Kadokawa Daiei Studio Co., Ltd., formerly Kadokawa Pictures Inc. (角川映画株式会社) is the film production division of the Japanese company the Kadokawa Corporation, which was established through the acquirement of Daiei Film.[1]
History
In 1945, Genyoshi Kadokawa established Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., focusing on the publishing business.[2]
In 1975, Kadokawa's president, Haruki Kadokawa, decided to venture into the film business, launching the film division of Kadokawa Shoten; thus Kadokawa Pictures was born. His goal was to try to reap synergy benefits by creating film adaptations of the publishing house's most popular books and marketing them simultaneously.[3] The company's first film was the 1976 release The Inugamis, directed by Kon Ichikawa and adapted from a Kadokawa Shoten published novel written by