In April of 1928 Tokujiro YAMAZAKI of Sankyo, the company led by Shozo MAKINO that had been distributing Makino films in the Shikoku area, conspired with the top execute of Bando Tsumasaburo Productions named Ryosuke TACHIBANA to get in contact with 150 independent theater owners throughout Japan, such as Kikumatsu OSHIMA of Kikusui Kinema in Kobe who was greatly interested in Indies films, to cooperate in establishing 'Nihon Katsudo Josetsukan Kanshu Renmei Eiga Haikyu Honsha' (Distribution Company Headquarters for Movie Theater Owners in Japan; also known as "Kanshu Renmei" [the Theater Owner's Association]) to eradicate the intervening contracting company and introduce policies that would provide direct production fees to independent film productions.
1928年（昭和3年）4月、牧野省三率いるマキノ・プロダクションの四国ブロック配給会社・三共社の山崎徳次郎は、阪東妻三郎プロダクションの経営者・立花良介とともに、以前から映画作家系インディーズの興行に熱心であった神戸市の菊水キネマ商会の大島菊松らを中心とした全国150館の独立系映画館主に呼びかけ、「日本活動常設館館主連盟映画配給本社」を設立、配給会社の中間マージンを排除し、独立プロダクションへの製作費のダイレクトな出資および興行の方針を打ち出した。