Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社松竹撮影所) is a Japanese film and production studio company of Shochiku Group, which has been producing movies and dramas for roughly a century,[1] being the second-oldest motion picture company in Japan.
The company has production bases in Kyoto and Tokyo since its inception in the 1920s, and the long-established Shochiku Kyoto Studio (松竹京都撮影所) is equipped with a studio facility that is deeply rooted in tradition.[1]
It has also worked on the production of Hollywood films such as "The Last Samurai".[2]
Shochiku Studio is known for productions of many Japanese period dramas, movies, TV and commercials.