Japan Action Enterprise
KK Japan Action Enterprise ( Japanese 株式会社 ジ ャ パ ン ア ク シ ョ ン エ ン タ ー プ ラ イ ズ , Kabushiki kaisha Japan Akushon Entāpuraizu ; formerly Japan Action Club) is a Japanese talent factory that specializes in action actors and elite stuntmen. Many well-known Japanese action actors such as Sanada Hiroyuki ( Samurai in the Twilight , The Last Samurai ) or Shin'ichi Tsutsumi are under contract with Japan Action Enterprise. JAE trains and manages the actors and places them in theater, film and television productions. Further business areas are the planning, organization and production of various events.
history
In 1970 the world-famous action actor Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba founded the Japan Action Club in Nakano (Tokyo) in order to create better conditions for the training of up-and-coming stars. The breakthrough came in the mid-1970s with the marketing of Hiroyuki Sanada , Shimoho Etsuko and Kurosaki Hikaru .
In 1991 the Japan Action Club was taken over by Nikko Edo Mura Management Daishinto and Sonny Chiba withdrew from the management. From then on, the JAC was also active in the Nikko Edo Mura.
In 1996 the stuntman, action director and producer Kaneda Osamu and Nishimoto Ryojiro founded "Japan Action Club ltd." With their own funds. and parted with Daishinto again.
In 2004 the name was changed from Japan Action Club ltd. To Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd. changed.
Film productions
- 1970: Kamen Rider
- 1975: Super Sentai
- 1999: Gohatto!
- 2001: Red Shadow
- 2001: Onyouji
- 2002: Samurai in the twilight
- 2003: Onyouji II