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Nippon Eigasha (日本映画社, Japan Film Company), shortened as Nichiei, was a Japanese major film company established in 1940 from the merger of four news film companies, initially as Nippon News Eigasha (日本ニュース映画社, Japan News Film Company), with the main purpose of producing the Nippon News newsreel. In 1941, Nippon News Eigasha was reincorporated with the bunka eiga (culture film) departments of film companies Toho (Toho Bunka Eiga) and Shochiku (Shochiku Bunka Eiga), alongside various other culture film companies, and was renamed as Nippon Eigasha. In 1943, Nippon Eigasha established a branch in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies, which was taken by the newly-formed Indonesian government and became Berita Film Indonesia (BFI) in 1945.
In 1949, the company was rebranded as Nippon Eiga Shinsha Co., Ltd. (日本映画新社) through a reorganization which split off the scientific film division into Nichiei Kagaku Productions. Nippon Eiga Shinsha was involved in producing promotional videos for government-related organizations, local governments, corporations, private groups, and schools. They also engaged in the production of educational materials, television programs, lending out film libraries for newsreels, and selling and developing other visual materials. The company owned a vast property in Kamiosaki, Shinagawa Ward (now replaced by the "City Court Meguro" condominiums), but its final headquarters were located in Minato, Tokyo.
On April 1, 2008, the company transferred its library operations to Toho subsidiary Toho Stella and was dissolved on April 24, 2009.
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Visuals: The Nichiei logo (a circle with the characters 日央日 inside) is engraved on a rock background. A light casts a shadow to the left of the logo. The company name 日本ニュース映画社 (Nippon News Eigasha) only appears on the title card of the program.
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Technique: A painting filmed by a camera.
Audio: None.
Availability: Only seen on the first few issues of the Nippon News newsreel; all issues are available on NHK's website.
Visuals: On a dark sunburst-like background, a small Nichiei logo in white can be seen in the center. Below is the kanji "社団法人 日本映画社".
Technique: A painting filmed by a camera.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be seen on Sensen nimankiro (戦線二万粁).
Visuals: On a black background, a 3D Nichiei logo is shown upright, with a reflection underneath it. Below are two sets of 3D kanji, with one to the bottom left of the logo reading "社団法人" (Corporation) and below that in the center reading "日本映画社" (Nippon Eigasha/Japan Film Company).
Technique: A painting filmed by a camera.
Audio: A custom fanfare.
Availability: Can be seen on Sora no shinpei, Marē senki shingeki no kiroku and Rikugun kōkū senki.
Visuals: On a moving starfield-like background, the Nichiei logo in white is seen with the company name in Japanese below. The logo fades away and some Japanese text fades in.
Technique: Motion controlled animation.
Audio: A horn fanfare.
Availability: Seen on Gouchin (轟沈).
Visuals: On a black background, there is a large Nichiei emblem in white. The Japanese name in a thin font is seen below.
Variant: On Ikite iru pan (生きているパン), there is no text below.
Technique: A painting filmed by a camera.
Audio: A custom fanfare or none.
Availability: Seen on Nippon no Higeki,Seikei-hi 500-en and Ikite iru pan
Visuals: There is the Nippon Eigasha emblem with the company name "製作 日本映画新社" below.
Variants:
Technique: A still, printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Fūsetsu to no to i and O isemairi.
Visuals: Over a black background is the Nichiei emblem on the upper left corner of the screen. On the bottom right corner of the screen is "日映作品".
Technique: A still, printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Nītakayamanobore Nihon teikoku no hōkai.
Visuals: Against a black or a colored background is the Nichiei emblem, redesigned slightly to look thicker than before. Below is "日映画新社作品".
Variants:
Technique: A still, printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Siberia hito no sekai, Nippon Sengoshi - Madamu onboro no Seikatsu, and Hiroku Taiheiyo Senso zenshi.
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