Art Theatre Guild

The Art Theatre Guild (ATG) was a Japanese film production and distribution company which started in 1961, releasing mostly Japanese New Wave and art films.[1][2] From the late 1960s to the mid 1980s, it also often acted as producer.[1][2] In 2018, ATG merged with its parent company Toho.[3][4][5]

History

ATG began as a distributor for foreign art films in Japan,[2] with the Toho studio being its main financier and one of its initiators.[1] By 1967, ATG was assisting with production costs for a number of new Japanese films.[2] Some of the early films released by ATG include Shōhei Imamura's A Man Vanishes (1967), Nagisa Oshima's Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief (1968) and Death by Hanging (1968), Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), and Akio Jissoji's Mujo (1970).[2][6]

See also

References
  1. Domenig, Roland (28 June 2004). "The Anticipation of Freedom: Art Theatre Guild and Japanese Independent Cinema". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. Berra, John (2010). Directory of World Cinema: Japan. Intellect. p. 8. ISBN 9781841503356.
  3. "東宝、日本アートシアターギルド吸収合併へ (Toho to merge with Japan Art Theater Guild)". Bunka Tsushin (in Japanese). 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. Official Toho press release of the merging with ATG.
  5. "（株）日本アート・シアター・ギルド（ATG）吸収合併のお知らせ (Notice of Merger with Japan Art Theater Guild (ATG) )". JPubb (in Japanese). 25 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. Standish, Isolde (2005). A New History of Japanese Cinema. New York: Continuum. ISBN 9780826417091.

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