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Oct 24, 2019 · By Steve Ryfle. Features — Oct 24, 2019. Share. D irector Ishiro Honda gathered his crew and gave them an ultimatum. He was about to put his career at risk, and he would only work with those who approached his current project—a movie about a radiation-spewing prehistoric reptile that destroys Tokyo—with the utmost seriousness, as he himself did.
6 days ago · Honda Ishirō (born May 7, 1911, Asahi (now part of Tsuruoka), Yamagata prefecture, Japan—died February 28, 1993, Tokyo) was a Japanese filmmaker who worked closely with Kurosawa Akira but was perhaps best known for his leading role in Japan’s kaijū eiga (“monster movie”) craze of the 1950s and ’60s, mostly through his direction of ...
Ishiro Honda, Toho's most renowned director of science fiction, is most famous for his numerous entries in the Godzilla series, including the first: Godzilla (1954). This genre would end up defining his career, as he worked on numerous productions around giant monsters, including Rodan (1956), Mothra (1961) and The War of the Gargantuas (1966 ...
Oct 3, 2017 · Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Ishiro Honda was arguably the most internationally successful Japanese director of his generation, with an unmatched succession of science fiction films that were commercial hits worldwide. From the atomic allegory of Godzilla and the beguiling charms of Mothra to the tragic mystery of ...
Jun 13, 2023 · My favorite of all Godzilla movies as a child is still my favorite as an adult, Ishirō Honda’s “ Destroy All Monsters ” (1968), the seventh of eight Godzilla films directed by Honda, who also directed the first of these films in 1954.
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, with his films having a significant influence on the film industry.
Feb 28, 1993 · Biography. Ishirō Honda (Honda Ishirō), sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda", (May 7, 1911, in Yamagata Prefecture – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director Akira Kurosawa.
