Ishirō Honda

The late Akira Kurosawa won the People's Honor Award. However, the general public does not know who he is, and he is often talked about with a misunderstood impression. Its reputation is still high overseas, and the boom continues to occur among the younger generation. Still, the real Kurosawa director is not thought to have been a very gentle and soft-spoken director. This work introduces the human Akira Kurosawa, who was shown during the production process of the movie "Ran".

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.

Considerado um dos melhores diretores de todos os tempos, Akira Kurosawa encerra suas realizações cinematográficas com esta obra-prima perfeita, Madadayo. O filme segue as duas últimas décadas de Hyakken Uchida, um escritor e professor que se aposenta nos anos da guerra, no início dos anos 40. Seus alunos o veneram e todos os anos fazem um ritual de aniversário chamado “Mahda-kai? (Está pronto?)” para que Uchida beba um grande copo de cerveja e responda “Madadayo! (Ainda não!)”, reconhecendo que a morte pode estar próxima, mas que a vida continua. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)

Considerado um dos melhores diretores de todos os tempos, Akira Kurosawa encerra suas realizações cinematográficas com esta obra-prima perfeita, Madadayo. O filme segue as duas últimas décadas de Hyakken Uchida, um escritor e professor que se aposenta nos anos da guerra, no início dos anos 40. Seus alunos o veneram e todos os anos fazem um ritual de aniversário chamado “Mahda-kai? (Está pronto?)” para que Uchida beba um grande copo de cerveja e responda “Madadayo! (Ainda não!)”, reconhecendo que a morte pode estar próxima, mas que a vida continua. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)

Em umas férias de verão, uma senhora sobrevivente da bomba de Nagasaki está com seus quatro netos reunidos e conta para eles as lembranças do dia do ataque, que vitimou milhares de pessoas (60 mil e 80 mil seres humanos em Nagasaki), entre elas, seu marido.

Este documentário de 150 minutos, dirigido por Nobuhiko Ôbayashi no set de Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, apresenta cenas dos bastidores e entrevistas com elenco e equipe.

Produção japonesa que apresenta uma série de curtas-metragens do diretor Akira Kurosawa. Um dos segmentos mostra um menino espionando a cerimônia de um casamento de raposas, enquanto que em outra história, um jovem é testemunha de um momento mágico no jardim. Muitos dos filmes estão interligados através de um tema ambiental.

Produção japonesa que apresenta uma série de curtas-metragens do diretor Akira Kurosawa. Um dos segmentos mostra um menino espionando a cerimônia de um casamento de raposas, enquanto que em outra história, um jovem é testemunha de um momento mágico no jardim. Muitos dos filmes estão interligados através de um tema ambiental.

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' (sit-down comedy) show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.

A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including several films from the famous Godzilla franchise.

No Japão medieval, um velho senhor da guerra se aposenta, entregando seu império a seus três filhos. No entanto, ele subestima amplamente como o novo poder irá corrompê-los. O senhor de guerra japonês Hidetori Ichimonji decide que chegou o momento de se aposentar e dividir seu feudo entre seus três filhos. Seus filhos mai velho e do meio, Taro e Jiro, concordam com sua decisão e prometem apoiá-lo nos dias restantes de aposentadoria. O filho mais novo, Saburo, discorda de todos eles argumentando que há pouca probabilidade dos três irmãos permanecerem unidos. Insultado pela impaciência de seu filho caçula, o senhor da guerra o expulsa. Quando o senhor da guerra começa sua aposentadoria, ele rapidamente percebe que seus dois filhos mais velhos são egoístas e não têm intenção de cumprir suas promessas. Isso leva à guerra e só o banido Saburo pode salvá-lo.

In 1985, Chris Marker traveled to Japan to attend the filming of Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Marker analyzes the progress of filming; the infinite patience of a team under the orders of a meticulous director down to the smallest detail; the antithetical mixture of the modern with the traditional; of the real with the fictitious; of life with cinema… and literature.

Akira Ifukube has arranged music from his fantastic films into a three-movement symphony, presented here with scenes from the films the music was originally written for. The second half features Makoto Inoue's synthesizer arrangements of Ifukube's music. In this portion, all the music is by Ifukube, but it shows scenes from films Ifukube did not work on. Showcases footage from various monster and science fiction films from Ishiro Honda as well as scenes from Senkichi Taniguchi's Adventure of Kigan Castle.

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectrorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectrorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).

O Dr. Estranho Mafune foi rejeitado por muitos anos pela comunidade científica por causa de suas teorias sobre um monstro que vive no fundo do mar. Uma raça alienígena o obrigou a utilizar os seus conhecimentos para levar um Mechagodzilla reconstruído. Mas no caminho da destruição Godzilla aparece em Tóquio, começando uma luta implacável entre os monstros.

A theatrical release of the 1st episode of Mirrorman as part of the 1972 Spring Toho Champion Festival.

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.

Um menino que vive na cidade industrial de Kawasaki enfrenta sua solidão através de seus sonhos e fantasias na Ilha dos Monstros e sua amizade com Minilla, o filho de Godzilla. Tudo isso enquanto lidamos com valentões e um par de ladrões.

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude Zero, a fantastic, Atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. It is soon discovered that Captain McKenzie is at war with the evil Dr. Malic, a cruel scientist who wishes to rule mankind all the while conducting genetic experiments on humans and animals. Malic sends his agents to kidnap Dr. Okada, a human scientist who has created a serum that can immunize exposure to radiation.

No futuro distante de 1999, todos os monstros da Terra foram capturados e detidos nas Ilhas Ogasawara. Tudo está bem no sistema solar até uma raça de alienígenas mulheres controlarem os monstros e liberá-los, causando estragos em todo o mundo. Godzilla ataca Nova Iorque; Rodan invade Moscou; Mothra devasta Pequim; Gorosaurus destrói Paris; e Manda ataca Londres!

No futuro distante de 1999, todos os monstros da Terra foram capturados e detidos nas Ilhas Ogasawara. Tudo está bem no sistema solar até uma raça de alienígenas mulheres controlarem os monstros e liberá-los, causando estragos em todo o mundo. Godzilla ataca Nova Iorque; Rodan invade Moscou; Mothra devasta Pequim; Gorosaurus destrói Paris; e Manda ataca Londres!

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.

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection despite the disapproval of his wealthy parents and Masako's own feelings towards the working-class cabbie Noro.

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.

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.

Os astronautas Glenn e Fuji investigam o Planeta X quando encontram alienígenas misteriosos chamados Xiliens. Após contato com os estrangeiros, a Terra se compromete a ajudar o povo do Planeta X contra Monstro Zero. Como Glenn investiga, ele se apaixona pela senhorita Namikawa e descobre as verdadeiras intenções dos Xiliens.

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.

Uma profetisa de Vênus anuncia desastres catastróficos! Godzilla, Mothra e Rodan reaparecem no Japão, causando devastação! Um meteoro gigante colide nas montanhas e o dragão espacial cuspidor de fogo de três cabeças Rei Ghidorah emerge! Conforme as profecias da venusiana se tornam realidade, assassinos de um pequeno reino asiático a caçam, enquanto os monstros da Terra devem decidir se irão resolver suas diferenças mesquinhas e unir forças contra o inimigo extraterrestre!

A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.

Após um feroz tufão, o gigantesco ovo de Mothra é trazido até o Japão. Empresários gananciosos compram o ovo e se recusam a devolvê-lo ao povo de Mothra. Com seus pedidos negados, Godzilla aparece em Nagoya, e o povo de Mothra deve decidir se está disposto a ajudar o Japão.

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.

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...

O mais famoso John Beck reeditou o filme original japonês. Eric Carter, do United Nation News, relata o surgimento de Godzilla no momento em que uma empresa farmacêutica japonesa busca publicidade com seu próprio monstro. Novas filmagens com atores americanos foram inseridas junto com várias cenas excluídas, alterando a estrutura narrativa e comédia do original para centrar em uma reportagem da ONU não presente no original. Grande parte da trilha sonora original também foi substituída em favor de músicas da Biblioteca Universal. Imagens de arquivo de The Mysterians também foram inseridas ao longo do filme. Devido ao acordo de licenciamento entre a Toho e a Universal, a edição americana é a versão primária e mais amplamente disponível do filme.

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.

Os dois maiores monstros de todos os tempos batalham em uma clássica aventura emocionante. Quando uma dissimulada empresa farmacêutica vai até uma remota ilha tropical para roubar King Kong para fins publicitários, eles recebem mais do que esperavam quando o gigantesco macaco ataca uma desavisada aldeia e um enorme polvo. Enquanto isso, muito abaixo do mar, a tripulação de um submarino desencadeia terror reptiliano quando derretem um bloco de gelo e liberam o feroz Godzilla de seu covil gelado. Quando os dois destrutivos monstros aparecem em Tóquio, é uma luta que tem o futuro da humanidade na balança.

In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running a dope ring. Battling gangsters all the way, Takashi searches for his former girlfriend, now a drug addict.

As shobijin (termo japonês para "belas pequeninas", também são conheçidas como fadas gêmeas) são raptadas de sua ilha por um inescrupuloso bandido, que vê nelas suas chances de enriquecer. Enquanto isso surge à larva de MOTHRA que segue para o Japão para tentar resgatar as duas Subujins. Na procura pelas pequeninas Mothra devasta o Japão, causando destruição e pânico. Primeira aparição da mariposa gigante "Mothra", que algum tempo depois, teve participações (De grande importância) em varios outros filmes, especialmente os de Godzilla.

A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?

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.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film Ju Jin Yuki Otoko with added American-made footage, narration and music track.

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, Who decided to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

An Ishiro Honda film.

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.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. Similar to the Italian Cozzilla, the film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters in a unique version exclusive to the French release. Released by Les Films du Verseau.

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. Similar to the Italian Cozzilla, the film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters in a unique version exclusive to the French release. Released by Les Films du Verseau.

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

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.

Em 1956 o filme japonês "Gojira", primeiro filme do Godzilla, foi editado e re-lançado nos EUA. Mudanças na história incluem um novo personagem: o repórter Steve Martin, interpretado pelo ator canadense Raymond Burr, que virou protagonista e narrador da história, relatando a invasão do gigantesco monstro a Tóquio.

Em 1956 o filme japonês "Gojira", primeiro filme do Godzilla, foi editado e re-lançado nos EUA. Mudanças na história incluem um novo personagem: o repórter Steve Martin, interpretado pelo ator canadense Raymond Burr, que virou protagonista e narrador da história, relatando a invasão do gigantesco monstro a Tóquio.

An Ishiro Honda Film.

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

Um gigantesco réptil mutante surge em virtude de testes nucleares. A monstruosa criatura cria um rastro de destruição no seu caminho até Tóquio, que corre o risco de ser totalmente destruída se o monstro não for detido.

Um gigantesco réptil mutante surge em virtude de testes nucleares. A monstruosa criatura cria um rastro de destruição no seu caminho até Tóquio, que corre o risco de ser totalmente destruída se o monstro não for detido.

This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question "What is war?", showing the human bonds between Japan and America, Japanese military tactics which had little regard for life, and the attitude of Japanese military personnel who treated their actions as if they were just doing a job. This film contains few battle scenes, concentrating instead on the love stories of young officers and female members of the community in this lonely air base.

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.

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

An Ishiro Honda film.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

Though recognized worldwide almost exclusively for his colorful kaiju fare, director Ishirō Honda (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra) was a natural humanist with a particular understanding of the relationship between people and their social environs. His debut fiction feature, The Blue Pearl (Aoi Shinju) – virtually unseen in the west until now – depicts the melodramatic, but keenly-observed interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life. Nonetheless, Honda provides equal weight to their desires and their ambitions to break free from the social mold imposed upon them from birth.

Though recognized worldwide almost exclusively for his colorful kaiju fare, director Ishirō Honda (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra) was a natural humanist with a particular understanding of the relationship between people and their social environs. His debut fiction feature, The Blue Pearl (Aoi Shinju) – virtually unseen in the west until now – depicts the melodramatic, but keenly-observed interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life. Nonetheless, Honda provides equal weight to their desires and their ambitions to break free from the social mold imposed upon them from birth.

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his disciple Uchiyama and his best friend prosecutor Daisuke Toki accused his music as a sesame of pause-only technique, not a truly heart-hungry art.

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her. Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi with a screenplay by Taniguchi and Akira Kurosawa and assistant direction by Ishiro Honda. Kurosawa's final credit as a screenwriter was removed from initial release due to various rewrites.

An Ishiro Honda short film.

An Ishiro Honda short film.

Murukami, um jovem investigador de homicídios, é roubado em um ônibus e perde sua pistola. Ele começa uma busca insana atrás de sua preciosa arma, sem sucesso, até receber a ajuda de um sábio e mais experiente detetive chamado Sato. Clássico noir do mestre Akira Kurosawa, que redefiniu o padrão de filmes policiais japoneses. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

Murukami, um jovem investigador de homicídios, é roubado em um ônibus e perde sua pistola. Ele começa uma busca insana atrás de sua preciosa arma, sem sucesso, até receber a ajuda de um sábio e mais experiente detetive chamado Sato. Clássico noir do mestre Akira Kurosawa, que redefiniu o padrão de filmes policiais japoneses. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

An Ishiro Honda short film.

Ine Onoda, a filha mais velha de uma família de fazendeiros pobres, cria um potro desde que nasce e passa a ama-lo muito. Quando o cavalo cresce, o governo ordena que seja leiloado e vendido ao exército. Ine luta para impedir a venda.

Unno, a masterless samurai, has been supported financially since his father's death by his wife, who makes small paper balloons. He hopes that Mouri, his father's former master, will hire him after being given a letter from Unno's father. Unno's neighbor, Shinza, a hairdresser by trade, is under constant threat by gang members after running gambling dens on their territory.

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife.

Enoken interpreta um garoto rico enclausurado cujo pai contrata um tutor de má reputação para ensiná-lo a ser realmente um milionário: por devassidão, bebedeiras, mulheres e música.

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars...