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, sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda", was a Japanese film director. He is best known for his ''kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films, including several entries in the ''Godzilla'' series, but also worked extensively in the documentary and war genres earlier in his career. Honda was also a lifelong friend and collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, and worked with Kurosawa extensively during the 1980s and '90s. ==Life== Honda was born in Asahi, Yamagata (now part of the city of Tsuruoka). His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director Akira Kurosawa. Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner of war there when the war ended. He directed the original ''Godzilla'' along with ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' (1962), ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'' (1964), ''Destroy All Monsters'' (1968), and many others until 1975. He also directed such tokusatsu films such as ''Rodan'', ''Mothra'' and ''The War of the Gargantuas''. His last feature film was ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'' (1975). The following years were spent directing various science fiction TV shows. The superhero shows ''Return of Ultraman'', ''Mirrorman'', and ''Zone Fighter'' were also his. In addition, he directed the cult film ''Matango''. After retiring as a director, Honda returned more than 30 years later to work again for his old friend and former mentor Akira Kurosawa as a directorial advisor, production coordinator and creative consultant on his last five films. Allegedly one segment of the Kurosawa film ''Dreams'' was actually directed by Honda following Kurosawa's detailed storyboards. His most memorable quotation: "Monsters are born too tall, too strong, too heavy—that is their tragedy," when he spoke of his film ''Rodan.'' This statement alone would give fans the impression that his intent was to give all kaiju a distinct personality instead of just being a monster-on-the-loose. In 2009, the first book in English was published detailing Honda's life and genre films called ''Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men - The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda'' written by Peter H. Brothers. Guillermo del Toro's kaiju eiga homage ''Pacific Rim'' ends with a joint dedication to Honda and Ray Harryhausen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ishirō Honda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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