Ishiro Honda

Preface by Martin Scorsese
Acknowledgments
Introduction
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: 1911–;45
A Boy from the Mountains
Tokyo
Film School Lessons
A Reluctant Soldier
Forging Bonds
War
AWAKENINGS: 1946–;54
Starting Over
Allegiances and Alliances
The Documentaries: Ise-shima (1949), Story of a Co-op (1950)
Sea, Land, and Sky: The Blue Pearl (1951), The Skin of the South (1952), The Man Who Came to Port (1952), Adolescence Part 2 (1952), Eagle of the Pacific (1953), Farewell Rabaul (1954)
SCIENCE FICTION: 1954–;64
No Laughing Matter: Godzilla (1954)
Obligations: Love Makeup (1955), Mother and Son (1955), Half Human (1955)
Youth Movement: Young Tree (1956), Night School (1956), People of Tokyo, Goodbye (1956), Rodan (1956)
Lovers and Aliens: Good Luck to These Two (1957), A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye (1957), A Rainbow Plays in My Heart (1957), A Farewell to the Woman I Called My Sister (1957), The Mysterians (1957)
Brides, Blobs, and a Bomb: Song for a Bride (1958), The H-Man (1958), Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
Marriage, Money, and the Moon: An Echo Calls You (1959), Inao, Story of an Iron Arm (1959), Seniors, Juniors, Co-workers (1959), Battle in Outer Space (1959)
Accidental Monsters: The Human Vapor (1960), Mothra (1961), A Man in Red (1961)
Going Global: Gorath (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Dangerous Waters: Matango (1963), Atragon (1963)
Monsters and Gangsters: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Dogora (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
GOOD-BYE, GODZILLA: 1965–;75
East Meets West: Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), Come Marry Me (1966)
Monsters or Bust: King Kong Escapes (1967), Destroy All Monsters (1968), All Monsters Attack (1968), Latitude Zero (1969), Space Amoeba (1970), Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
AT KUROSAWA'S SIDE: 1976–;93
Rhapsody in Autumn
Afterword by Ryuji Honda
Ishiro Honda Filmography
Notes
Index