Ishirō Honda — Director (43)

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Farewell Rabaul (1954)
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other title: 再见了拉包尔 / さらばラバウル …
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.

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Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
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other title: 太平洋之鹰 / 太平洋の鷲 …
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

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Battle in Outer Space (1959)
宇宙大戦争
other title: 宇宙大战争 / 宇宙大戦争 …
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.

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Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
マタンゴ
★ 7.2 5 ratings
other title: 蘑菇人玛坦戈 / マタンゴ …
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...

TV

Mirrorman (1971)
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本多猪四郎 / 铃木俊继 … actor: 石田信之 / 宇佐美淳也 …
In 1980s, an evil alien race known simply as the Invaders are about to take over the Earth, using assorted daikaiju (giant monsters) and other fiendish plots. Assigned to investigate this threat is an organization called the Science Guard Members (SGM). But another hope comes from someone, unbeknownst even to himself, possessing otherworldly power. Professor Mitarai, the leader of SGM, finally shares a secret with his foster son, young photojournalist named Kyôtarô Kagami ("kagami" = Japanese for "mirror"), a secret only he himself knows: Kyôtarô a half-cast of an alien father and a human mother (both of whom are missing — captives of the Invaders). Kyôtarô discovers that he is actually the son of Mirrorman, a superhero from the 2nd Dimension. Naturally, the young man had difficulty accepting his destiny, but he soon realizes that he is the only one who can save the Earth from the Invaders, when they try to assassinate him.

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Mothra (1961)
モスラ
★ 6.7 6 ratings
other title: 摩斯拉 / モスラ …
Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto tô), which was previously used for atomic tests. The interior is amazingly free of radiation effects, and they believe that they were protected by a special juice that was given to them by the island's residents. A joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only one foot (30 centimeters) high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, a gigantic moth that is worshiped as a deity by the island people. The giant monster heeds the call of the women and heads to Tokyo, wreaking destruction in its path.

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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
モスラ対ゴジラ
★ 6.4 10 ratings
other title: 摩斯拉决战哥斯拉 / モスラ対ゴジラ …
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

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Rodan (1956)
空の大怪獣ラドン
other title: 空中大怪兽拉顿 / 空の大怪獣ラドン …
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
怪獣大戦争
★ 5.4 7 ratings
Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / 尼克·亚当斯 …
other title: 哥斯拉之怪兽大战争 / 怪獣大戦争 …
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

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All Monsters Attack (1969)
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★ 3.7 6 ratings
other title: 哥斯拉·迷你拉·加巴拉:全体怪兽大进击 / ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃 …
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.

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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
メカゴジラの逆襲
★ 5.7 7 ratings
Ishirō Honda actor: Katsuhiko Sasaki / 蓝友子 …
other title: 哥斯拉之机械哥斯拉的反击 / メカゴジラの逆襲 …
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.

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妖星哥拉斯 (1962)
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other title: 妖星ゴラス / Gorath(英)
不明妖星哥拉斯在茫茫宇宙中不断前进,沿途吸附大量的星际飞行物,不断的变庞大,日本的观测宇宙船隼号,为了探明其质量大小,不幸被一起吸附,但是其在最后关头向地球发出了其质量数据,使地球上的人对其有了个初步认识,后经科学家计算测定,其质量为地球的6100倍,而且将在45天后与地球相撞。 为阻止地球与哥拉斯的相撞,科学家想出了一个大胆的办法,就是运用水素离子装置在南极造一个喷射基地(类似与火箭发射器),让地球动起来,在哥拉斯到来之前,使地球移动到其他轨道.等哥拉斯安全通过后,然后在北极在建个基地,使地球在回到原来的预定轨道。 计划实施的非常顺利,全世界各国在国联的带领下在南极建立了基地,但是由于在南极建造基地,在火焰发生器的作用下让长眠在南极的海象怪兽苏醒了,并破坏了一部份基地,后来,在飞机导弹的攻击下,怪兽死了,但由于怪兽的破坏,火箭发生器推迟了时间,到底地球能不能脱离哥拉斯的吞噬呢?

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The Human Vapor (1960)
ガス人間第1号
★ 7.8 5 ratings
本多猪四郎 / 本多猪四郎(監督) … actor: 土屋嘉男 / 三桥达也 …
other title: 气体人第一号 / ガス人間第1号 …
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?

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Defence Force of the Earth (1957)
地球防衛軍
other title: 地球防卫军 / 地球防衛軍 …
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
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★ 5.5 13 ratings
other title: 金刚大战哥斯拉 / キングコング対ゴジラ …
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.

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Sayonara Jupiter (1984)
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桥本幸治 / 小松左京 … actor: Tomokazu Miura / Miyuki Ono …
other title: 再见,朱庇特 / さよならジュピター …
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.