Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント), abbreviated SPE or SPEJ, is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, with the majority of SPEJ's shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1][2]
Originally founded in 1984 as RCA Columbia Pictures Video Inc. (アール・シー・エー・コロンビア・ピクチャーズ・ビデオ株式会社), the Japanese division of RCA Columbia Pictures International Video, the company took on its current name in 1991 after Columbia Tri-Star Films (Japan) Ltd. (コロムビア トライ・スター映画会社), the Japanese division of Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International, and Japan International Enterprises Inc. (日本国際エンタープライズ株式会社), a Japanese Screen Gems subsidiary formed in 1960,[3] were merged into it.[4]