… magazines ( shūkanshi ) such as: Heibon, Asahi, Taishū, News tokuhō, Josei seben, Shin shūkan, Jitsuwa yomimono, … fans of Toei, a studio chiefly known for its jidaigeki (period drama), were actually young women. Also, unlike what … exception of the scarcity of publications from the time period that deal directly with popular cinema, as well as the …