Motion Picture Association of Japan

Background
Motion Picture Association of Japan (also known as Japan Motion Picture Union, Union of Motion Picture Producers and Corporate Juridical Person Japan Motion Picture Union.) which classifies films being released in Japan was founded in December 1, 1945 as the Union of Motion Picture Producers. Motion picture bodies created under governmental control during World War II were ordered in rapid succession to dissolve after the war ended. Japan's film world fell apart and the Union of Motion Picture Producers was established as a voluntary association to maintain and revive the industry, with a lineup of three feature film companies (Shochiku Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd., and Dai Nippon Film Production Co., Ltd.) as well as four news, short and educational film companies (Asahi Film Co., Ltd., Dentsu Film Inc., Riken Science Film Co., Ltd. and Yokohama Cinema Co., Ltd.), which had survived the postwar purge.

In June 1957, The Corporate Juridical Person Japan Motion Picture Union is reorganized into the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. (MPPAJ), consisting of five firms: Shochiku Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd., Toei Co., Ltd., Shin-Toho Co., Ltd. and Nikkatsu Corporation.

(1957-)


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