4 Movies Directed by Ishirè Honda

Godzilla

Godzilla

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-05-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (17483 Reviews)

Director:

Ishirè Honda

Cast:

Writer:

Takeo Murata

Ishirè Honda

Shigeru Kayama (story)

Fullplot:

A 164-foot-tall (50-meter-tall) monster reptile with radioactive breath is revived, thanks to nuclear testing. It goes on a mad rampage, destroying Tokyo - can it be stopped? Should it be killed?

Mothra

Mothra

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-05-10

Languages:

Japanese, English, Indonesian

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1901 Reviews)

Director:

Ishirè Honda

Cast:

Writer:

Shin'ichi Sekizawa (screenplay)

Shin'ichirè Nakamura (novel)

Takehiko Fukunaga (novel)

Yoshie Hotta (novel)

Fullplot:

Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto tè), 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.

Dreams

Dreams

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-08-24

Languages:

Japanese, French, English

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (17237 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Fullplot:

This is essentially eight separate short films, though with some overlaps in terms of characters and thematic material - chiefly that of man's relationship with his environment. 'Sunshine Through The Rain': a young boy is told not to go out on the day when both weather conditions occur, because that's when the foxes hold their wedding procession, which could have fatal consequences for those who witness it. 'The Peach Orchard': the same young boy encounters the spirits of the peach trees that have been cut down by heartless humans. 'The Blizzard': a team of mountaineers are saved from a blizzard by spiritual intervention. 'The Tunnel': a man encounters the ghosts of an army platoon, whose deaths he was responsible for. 'Crows': an art student encounters 'Vincent Van Gogh' and enters the world of his paintings. 'Mount Fuji in Red': nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan. 'The Weeping Demon': a portrait of a post-nuclear world populated by human mutations. 'Village of the Watermills': a sunny portrait of a village whose population is entirely at one with nature.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-04-27

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (5082 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Takeo Murata (screen play)

Ishirè Honda (screen play)

Shigeru Kayama (original story)

Al C. Ward (english version)

Fullplot:

When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Coventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay -- including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, or the death of Tokyo Bay?

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