is a Japanese film production and

animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals ...

, headquartered in

Toho Studios is a Japanese film production company that is a subsidiary of Toho Co., Ltd. Founded in November 8, 1971 as , the company originally served as a spin-off of Toho's original production department, and produced over 160 films. In December 2020, ...

, Seijo,

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. It was founded in 1994 by film producer

Kazutoshi Wadakura is a Japanese film producer who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of the Japanese production company, Cine Bazar. Life and career Born in 1959 in Nitta, Genkai, Saga, Japan. After graduating from Meiji University, Wadakur ...

, who currently serves as its president and chief executive officer. The company is involved in films that depict Japan and is best known for co-producing the 2016 film ''

Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the '' ...

'' and the 2022 film ''

Shin Ultraman is a 2022 Japanese superhero ''kaiju'' film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of ''Ultraman'', the film is a co-production between Toho Studios and Cine Bazar, and presented by ...

'' with

Toho is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer an ...

. It owns a casting division for its films called the Cine Bazar Casting Department, located in Sakuragaokachō, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Works

Film

* ''

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

'' (1995) * ''

Love & Pop is a 1998 Japanese experimental coming-of-age film directed and co-written by Hideaki Anno, based on the novel ''Topaz II'' by Ryū Murakami''.'' It was Anno's first live action feature-length film. The film was shot almost entirely on hand-held ...

'' (1998) * ''

Party 7 ''Party 7'' is a 2000 Japanese surreal comedy film directed by Katsuhito Ishii, distributed by Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. Plot Cast * Masatoshi Nagase as Miki * Keisuke Horibe as Sonoda * Akemi Kobayashi as Kana * Yoshinori Okada a ...

'' (2000) * ''

Calmi Cuori Appassionati ''Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' ( aka ''Reisei to Jōnetsu no Aida''; lit. "Between Calmness and Passion") is a 2001 Japanese movie directed by Isamu Nakae, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. It is a love story about two students who met at ...

'' (2001) * '' Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie'' (2004) * ''

The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. It has been referred to as a " surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's '' Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis The film follows the ...

'' (2004) * ''

Otakus in Love is a Japanese manga series by Jun Hanyunyū. It was adapted into a live action film in 2004. Cast * Ryuhei Matsuda - Mon Aoki * Wakana Sakai - Koino Akashi * Suzuki Matsuo - Marimoda * Kiyoshirô Imawano * Hijiri Kojima - Mejina * Shinya ...

'' (2004) * ''Cutie Honey'' (2004) * '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * ''

Spring Snow is a novel by Yukio Mishima, the first in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published serially in ''Shinchō'' from 1965 to 1967, and then in book form in 1969. Mishima did extensive research, including visits to Enshō-ji in Nara, to ...

'' (2005) * ''Shining Boy & Little Randy'' (2005) * ''Sugar and Spice'' (2006) * '' Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust'' (2007) * ''Hero'' (2007) * ''Closed Diary'' (2007) * ''Argentine Baba'' (2007) * '' Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess'' (2008) * ''The Magic Hour'' (2008) * ''After School'' (2008) * ''

Paco and the Magical Book is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a play by Hirohito Gotō. It was shown at the Munich Asian Filmfest in 2008 and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards. Actors Kōji Yakusho ...

'' (2008) * ''My Darling of the Mountains - Tokuichi in Love'' (2008) * ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I'' (2009) * '' 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption'' (2009) * '' Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess'' (2009) * ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II'' (2010) * '' Oba: The Last Samurai'' (2011) * '' Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess'' (2011) * '' Rock: Wanko no Shima'' (2011) * ''

A Ghost of a Chance , also known as ''Once In a Blue Moon'' in Japan, is a 2011 Japanese comedy mystery film directed by Kōki Mitani. Plot Emi Hosho, a third-rate lawyer without much of a future, is tasked with defending Goro Yabe, a man arrested for the murder of ...

'' (2011) * ''

Pieta in the Toilet is a 2015 Japanese youth drama film directed by Daishi Matsunaga. It was released in Japan on June 6, 2015. Cast * Yojiro Noda as Hiro Sonoda * Hana Sugisaki is a Japanese actress who was previously signed to Stardust Promotion. Her former st ...

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2016) * ''Bleach'' (2018) * '' Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time'' (2021) * ''

'' (2022) * ''Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023)

References

External links

The official website for Cine Bazar's Casting Department
* Japanese film studios Japanese animation studios Japanese companies established in 1996 Animation studios in Tokyo {{Film-company-stub