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Movie company associated with a movie
posted by jlj1950228STAFFMOD on April 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I've been using a python library to fetch data from tmdb, "tmdbv3api." The library allows extraction of company details and company movies. The problem is, I cannot find the compant listed for "Seven Samurai" Akira Kurosawa, Dir.. I downloaded the daily IDs for companies but when I searched for Toho, the company in question, I found several 'Toho' entries and none of them listed the movie in their movies search results. Line 615: {"id":657,"name":"TOHO-TOWA"} Line 827: {"id":882,"name":"TOHO"} Line 2937: {"id":3094,"name":"Shintoho Company"} Line 27192: {"id":40348,"name":"Toho Kyoiku Eiga"} Line 31209: {"id":49301,"name":"Toho Pictures"} Line 41890: {"id":70472,"name":"Toho Eizo Co."} Line 96590: {"id":131998,"name":"Toho Eizo Bijutsu"} Line 142474: {"id":182161,"name":"TOHO Studios"} Line 156068: {"id":197845,"name":"Toho Entertainment"}
The comapany, as listed in Wikipedia, is: Toho Co., Ltd. (東宝株式会社, Tōhō Kabushiki-gaisha) which is not in any list. The company ID is also not in the Cast data, which I would have expected.
This brings the question: how do I retrieve company data associated with the movie, using the movie as a reference? (I've since discovered the library does not give a complete list of company movies, but the question remains.)
Thanks.
Reply by superboy97
on April 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
The one that produced this movie is the one with Id 882.
The production company has nothing to do with the cast. The cast are the actors that play in the movie.
In the details return for each movie by our API, there is a production company field. But I don't know the library you use, so I don't know if this library give it to you.
The list of movies is returned by our API in page of 20 movies. There should be a page parameter to your API call to get the following movies.
Reply by jlj1950228
on April 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Last entry: I didn't wtrite the library I use. Cast: Includes sound, art, all production members, directors, writers, etc., at least in the return I get from the library I'm using. Ordinarily, the members I mention, e.g. art, sound, would be in 'Crew' and 'Cast' would be just actors. Most public (media) references are to 'cast and crew.' Prior to writing my response to you, I examined the direct tmdb return for the movie and noticed the company data. I started to delete this but you had already posted. Thanks anyway.