Seiko Films (El Kadsre)

Not to be confused with the real Filipino company of the same name.

Seiko Films was an El Kadsreian company formed in 1961 as a merger of Seiko Productions and Western Cinema Distribution in West El Kadsre by John Nakamura, who was an industry vetaran in El Kadsre. It was seen as a direct competitor to El TV Kadsre Films, Viva Films and Vlokfilm, becoming one of the El Kadsreian major studios of all time. In 1979, it was sold to Tara Matsushita and Paul Friswell's newly-formed Banushen Media Corporation, which will eventually rebranded to Banushen Pictures in 1980.

History
The origins of Seiko traced back to 1944 when John Seiko formed a production company Seiko Productions and in 1935, John Nakamura formed Western Cinema Distribution. In 1953, Seiko signed an exclusive deal with Western Cinema Distribution.

In 1961, both companies merged together to form Seiko Films. It is one of the most successful film companies in East El Kadsre, competing against Ekovision Films, El TV Kadsre Films, Viva Films and Regal Films Limited, becoming the "Big Five" studios in the East El Kadsreian film industry.

In 1965, they appealed a plan to launch a TV channel in East El Kadsre on the frequency band of 11 with "Seiko TV", but it was proven unsuccessful. The idea of launching on channel 11 came to reality in 1981 when Banushen Television launched.

The company signed an agreement with Vlokozu Television to broadcast the company's films from 1969 to 1974, when Seiko's deal was moved to Viva Television due to disagreements.

The company's best-known films include the first films of the spy film franchise Mark Morgan (the rights were inherited by BTV Films and later PPE Pictures) and Genolord.

In 1979, Paul Friswell and Tara Matsushita purchased Seiko Films and the broadcasting group North Tower Broadcasting and merged the group to form Banushen Media Corporation. Thus in 1980, Seiko Films was dissolved and it was renamed to Banushen Pictures and one year later, the North Tower stations were merged to form what is known today, Banushen Television.