Ishiro Honda

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Ishiro Honda - what members say

Godzilla review by A customer from Birmingham, UK

The Return of the King 2 December 2005
...e on the success of a re-run of King Kong in Japan in 1953. Certainly, director Ishiro Honda was impressed by Harryhausen's 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms' but ruled out th... Read customer review

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata
Director: Ishiro Honda
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Aliens rebuild Mechagodzilla with the help of a demented scientist who has discovered a creature called Titanosaurus, which they intend to team up to defeat Godzilla.

70% from 20 members
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Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Starring: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Director: Ishiro Honda
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This colourful, no-holds-barred clash of the titans- directed by Ishiro Honda (one of monsterdom's foremost experts) -- features nearly all of Japan's ground-pounding superstars, including Godzilla (and son), Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah...

50% from 13 members
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King Kong Escapes (1967)
Starring: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller
Director: Ishiro Honda
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In 'King Kong Escapes', the giant ape monster's skills are required for a science project by Doctor Who and his helpers. When a mechanically devised robot version of the creature cannot do the job, the team of scientists must go and retrieve the real King Kong himself. But no sooner do they get ..read more »

50% from 141 members
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The Ghidrah Three-Headed Monster (1965)
Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi
Director: Ishiro Honda
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A prophetess from Venus foretells cataclysmic disasters! Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan reappear in Japan, wreaking havoc! A giant meteor crashes into the mountains and the three-headed, fire-spitting space dragon King Ghidorah emerges! As the Venusian's prophecies come true, assassins from a tiny ..read more »

41% from 10 members
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Dogora the Space Monster (1964)
Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yoko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi
Director: Ishiro Honda
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The Earth is attacked by a giant jellyfish monster from outer space that, for some reason, has a sweet tooth for diamonds

37% from 8 members
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Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)
Starring: Tetsuya Bessho
Director: Ishiro Honda
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The Earth is headed for disaster and when an archeological research team visits Infant Island to find out why, they discover two tiny women who reveal that the Earth is fighting back for all the harm humans have done here and sends out the evil Battra to destroy us. The Cosmos, as the girls are ..read more »

56% from 33 members
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King Kong vs Godzilla on DVD (1962)
Starring: Ichiro Arishima, Tadao Takashima, Mie Hama
Director: Ishiro Honda
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The two mightiest monsters of all time battle in the thrilling adventure classic King Kong Vs Godzilla. When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an ..read more »

58% from 474 members

The Mysterians on DVD (1957)
Starring: Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa
Director: Ishiro Honda
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A classic of Japanese sci-fi, 'The Mysterians' combines the alien invasion and kaiju (giant monster) sub-genres. When the military investigates the puzzling disappearance of an entire village, they uncover the culprit, an enormous robot. They also encounter the alien Mysterians, who have left their ..read more »

53% from 297 members

Godzilla on DVD (1954)
Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata
Director: Ishiro Honda
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American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. A remastered version of the original Godzilla

69% from 1,165 member

Godzilla - 3.5 stars
King Kong vs Godzilla - 3.0 stars
The Mysterians - 2.5 stars
King Kong Escapes - 2.5 stars
Terror of Mechagodzilla - 3.5 stars

Akihiko Hirata - 5 times - show films
Akiko Wakabayashi - 3 times - show films
Mie Hama - 2 times - show films
Akira Takarada - 2 times - show films
Hiroshi Koizumi - 2 times - show films