Ishirō Honda — Director (26)
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Godzilla (1954) [Movie] KevGa-NeoDB TMDB NeoDB Douban Bangumi IMDb WikiData
ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Momoko Kôchi …
other title: O Monstro do Oceano Pacífico / Godzilla, Japón bajo el terror del monstruo …
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb
キングコング対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Il trionfo di King Kong / Die Rückkehr des King Kong …
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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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣大戦争
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Nick Adams / Akira Takarada …
other title: L'invasione degli astromostri / Befehl aus dem Dunkel …
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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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
モスラ対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: Watang! Nel favoloso impero dei mostri / Godzilla und die Urweltraupen …
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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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
director: Terry O. Morse / Ishirō Honda actor: Raymond Burr / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Godzilla / Godzilla - König der Monster …
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
三大怪獣　地球最大の決戦
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Yōsuke Natsuki / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: Ghidorah! Il mostro a tre teste / Frankensteins Monster im Kampf gegen Ghidorah …
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Destroy All Monsters (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣総進撃
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Jun Tazaki …
other title: Gli eredi di King Kong / Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All …
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
メカゴジラの逆襲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Katsuhiko Sasaki / Tomoko Ai …
other title: Distruggete Kong! La terra è in pericolo / Die Brut des Teufels …
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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Matango (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
マタンゴ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Matango il mostro / 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...
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Mothra (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
モスラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Frankie Sakai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: Mothra bedroht die Welt / MOTHRA …
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
1960s japan monster monsterdon moth
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The H-Man (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美女と液体人間
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akihiko Hirata / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Uomini H / Das Grauen schleicht durch Tokio …
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
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Atragon (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
海底軍艦
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Yōko Fujiyama …
other title: Atoragon / U 2000 - Tauchfahrt des Grauens …
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World War II Captain has created the greatest warship ever seen, and possibly the surface world's only defense.
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King Kong Escapes (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
キングコングの逆襲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Mie Hama …
other title: King Kong - Il gigante della foresta / King-Kong, Frankensteins Sohn …
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
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Battle in Outer Space (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
宇宙大戦争
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Koreya Senda / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: Inferno nella stratosfera / Krieg im Weltenraum …
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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Rodan (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
空の大怪獸 ラドン
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: Rodan il mostro alato / Rodan, o Monstro do Espaço …
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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The Mysterians (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
地球防衛軍
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: I misteriani / Os Bárbaros Invadem a Terra …
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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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten …
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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Space Amoeba (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Yukiko Kobayashi …
other title: Atom il mostro della galassia / Monster des Grauens greifen an …
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
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All Monsters Attack (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tomonori Yazaki / Hideyo Amamoto …
other title: La vendetta di Godzilla / Godzilla: Attack All Monsters …
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.