Английская Википедия:Ishirō Honda
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Redirect Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Eastern name order Шаблон:Infobox person Шаблон:Nihongo was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades.Шаблон:Sfn He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, with his films having a significant influence on the film industry.[1] Despite directing many drama, war, documentary, and comedy films, Honda is best remembered for directing and co-creating the kaiju genre with special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda entered the Japanese film industry in 1934, working as the third assistant director on Sotoji Kimura's The Elderly Commoner's Life Study.Шаблон:Sfn After 15 years of working on numerous films as an assistant director, he made his directorial debut with the short documentary film Ise-Shima (1949). Honda's first feature film, The Blue Pearl (1952), was a critical success in Japan at the time and would lead him to direct three subsequent drama films.
In 1954, Honda directed and co-wrote Godzilla, which became a box office success in Japan and was nominated for two Japanese Movie Association awards. Because of the film's commercial success in Japan, it spawned a multimedia franchise, recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running film franchise in history, that established the kaiju and tokusatsu genres. It helped Honda gain international recognition and led him to direct numerous tokusatsu films that are still studied and watched today.[2]Шаблон:Sfn
After directing his eighth and final Godzilla film in 1975, Honda retired from filmmaking.Шаблон:Sfn However, Honda's former colleague and friend, Akira Kurosawa, would persuade him to come out of retirement in the late 1970s and act as his right-hand man for his last five films.[1]
Early life
Childhood and youth (1911–1921)
Honda was born in Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture (now part of the city of Tsuruoka),Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[3] the fifth and youngest child of Hokan and Miyo Honda. His father Hokan was the abbot of Honda Ryuden-in temple.Шаблон:Sfn Honda stated that his forename was a combination derived from three words: "'I' stands for inoshishi, the boar, the astrological symbol of my birth year. shi stands for the number four, the fourth son. And ro indicates a boy’s name. Literally, it means the fourth son, born in the year of the boar."Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He had three brothers: Takamoto, Ryokichi, Ryuzo, and one sister: Tomi, who died during her childhood.Шаблон:Sfn Honda's father and grandfather were both Buddhist monks at Churen-ji, a temple in Mount Yudono, where the Hondas lived in a dwelling on the temple's property. The Hondas grew rice, potatoes, daikon radishes, and carrots, and also made and sold miso and soy sauce. The family also received income from a silk moth farm managed by one of Honda's brothers. Honda's father earned income during the summers by selling devotions in Iwate Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, and Hokkaido and would return home before the winter.Шаблон:Sfn
While Honda's brothers were given religious tutoring at sixteen, Honda was learning about science.Шаблон:Sfn Takamoto, who became a military doctor, encouraged Honda to study and sent him scientific magazines to help, which started Honda's love for reading and scientific curiosity.Шаблон:Sfn In 1921, when Honda was ten, Hokan became the abbot at Io-ji temple in Tokyo,Шаблон:Sfn and the family moved into the Takaido neighborhood in Suginami. Though he was an honors student back home, Honda's grades declined in Tokyo and in middle school; he struggled with subjects involving equations such as chemistry, biology, and algebra.Шаблон:Sfn
After his father transferred to another temple, Honda enrolled in the Tachibana Elementary school in Kawasaki and later in Kogyokusha Junior High where Honda studied kendo, archery, and athletic swimming but quit after tearing his Achilles tendon.Шаблон:Sfn
Film education (1931–1934)
Honda became interested in films when he and his class-mates were assembled to watch one of the Universal Bluebird photoplays. Honda would often sneak into movie theatres without his parents' permission. For silent films in Japan at that time, on-screen texts were replaced with benshi, narrators who stood beside the screen and provided live commentary, which Honda found more fascinating than the films themselves.Шаблон:Sfn Honda's brother, Takamoto, had hoped for Honda to become a dentist and join his clinic in Tokyo but instead, Honda applied at Nihon University for their art department's film major program and was accepted in 1931.Шаблон:Sfn The film department was a pilot program, which resulted in disorganized poor conditions for the class and cancellations from the teacher every so often. While this forced other students to quit, Honda instead used the cancelled periods to watch films at theaters, where he took personal notes.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda and four of his class-mates rented a room in Shinbashi, a few kilometers from their university, where they would gather after school to discuss films. Honda had hoped for the group to collaborate on a screenplay but they mainly just socialized and drank. Honda attended a salon of film critics and students but hardly participated, preferring rather to listen.Шаблон:Sfn While in school, Honda met Iwao Mori, an executive in charge of production for Photographic Chemical Laboratories (P.C.L.) In August 1933, Mori offered entry-level jobs at P.C.L. to a few students, including Honda.Шаблон:Sfn Honda eventually completed his studies while working at the studio and became an assistant director, which required him to be a scripter in the editing department. Honda eventually became a third assistant director on Sotoji Kimura's The Elderly Commoner's Life Study (1934). However, Honda then received a draft notice from the military.Шаблон:Sfn
Military service and marriage (1934–1946)
At twenty-three years old, Honda was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in the fall of 1934. Despite receiving a passing grade on his physical examination, he was not required to report for immediate duty. While waiting for his call-up, Honda continued working at P.C.L. Honda was then called to duty in January 1935 and was enlisted into the First Division, First Infantry Regiment in Tokyo. At the time, Honda began his training at the entry-level rank of Ippeisotsu, the equivalent of Petty Officer First Class.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1936, Honda's former commanding officer, Yasuhide Kurihara, launched a coup against the civilian government, what would be called the February 26 Incident. Though Honda had no involvement with the coup, everyone associated with Kurihara were considered dangerous and the brass wanted them gone and as a result, Honda and his regiment were sent to Manchukuo in 1936, under questionable pretense. Honda would have completed his 18 remaining months of service had it not been for the coup and would be recalled to service again and again for the remainder of the war.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda met Kimi Yamazaki in 1937 and proposed marriage to her in 1939. Honda's parents and Kimi's mother were supportive, but Kimi's father was opposed to the sudden engagement. Though Kimi's father never approved of her marriage, he nonetheless sent her ¥1,000 upon learning of her pregnancy. Rather than having a traditional wedding ceremony, the two simply signed papers at city hall, paid their respects at Meiji Shrine, and went home.Шаблон:Sfn Since their marriage, the couple lived in Seijo in Setagaya, even after the war.Шаблон:Sfn Kimi would pass away on November 3, 2018, aged 101. This was also Godzilla's 64th anniversary.[4]
Honda was recalled to service in mid-December 1939, a week before his daughter, Takako, was due to be born.Шаблон:Sfn Having already risen in rank, Honda was able to visit his wife and daughter in the hospital but had to leave afterwards immediately to China.Шаблон:Sfn Between 1940 and 1941, Honda was assigned to manage a "comfort station", a euphemism for brothels established in occupied areas. Honda would later write an essay titled Reflections of an Officer in Charge of Comfort Women published in Movie Art Magazine in April 1966, detailing his experiences and other comfort women's experiences working in comfort stations.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda would then return home in December 1942, only to find that P.C.L. (now rebranded as Toho by that point) were forced to produce propaganda films to support the war effort. The government took control of the Japanese film industry in 1939, modeling the passage of motion picture laws after Nazi policies where scripts and films were reviewed so they supported the war effort and filmmakers noncompliant were punished or worse.Шаблон:Sfn Honda's son, Ryuji, was born on 31 January 1944, however, Honda received another draft notice in March 1944. He was assigned to head for the Philippines but his unit missed the boat and were sent back to China instead. To Honda's fortune, the conflict in China was less intense than it was in the Pacific and South-East Asia. Honda became a sergeant and was in charge of trading and communicating with civilians. Honda never ordered the Chinese as a soldier and was respectful to them as much as possible.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda was eventually captured by the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and relocated to an area between Beijing and Shanghai for a year before the war ended. During his imprisonment, Honda stated to have been treated well and was even befriended by the locals and temple monks, who offered him to stay permanently but Honda respectfully refused in favor of finding his wife and children. As a parting gift, the locals gave Honda rubbings of Chinese proverbs, imprinted from stone carvings of temples. Honda would later write these verses in the back of his screenplays.Шаблон:Sfn
During his final tour, Honda escaped death near Hankou when a mortar shell landed before him but did not detonate. When the battle ended, Honda later returned to retrieve the shell and took it back home to Japan where he placed it on top of his desk in his private study until his death.Шаблон:Sfn Honda then returned home in March 1946; however, throughout most of his life, even as an old man, Honda would have nightmares about the war twice or thrice a year.Шаблон:Sfn During his entire military service, Honda served three tours, with a total of six years serving at the front.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
1940s
Honda returned to work at Toho as an assistant director. In 1946, he worked on two films: Motoyoshi Oda's Eleven Girl Students and Kunio Watanabe's Declaration of Love. In 1947, he worked on three films, 24 Hours in an Underground Market (jointly directed by Tadashi Imai, Hideo Sekigawa, and Kiyoshi Kusuda) and The New Age of Fools Parts One and Two, directed by Kajirō Yamamoto.Шаблон:Sfn Due to a labor dispute at Toho, many stars and employees split off and formed Shintoho. Kunio Watanabe tried to convince Honda to join Shintoho, with the promise of Honda becoming a director quicker, however, Honda chose to remain neutral and stayed at Toho.Шаблон:Sfn Despite struggling at Toho, Honda worked on a handful of films produced by Film Arts Associates Productions.Шаблон:Sfn Between September and October 1948, Honda was on location in Noto Peninsula working on Kajirō Yamamoto's Child of the Wind, the first release from Film Arts. From January to March 1949, Honda worked with Yamamoto again on Flirtation in Spring.Шаблон:Sfn
Prior to being promoted to a feature film director, Honda had to direct documentaries for Toho's Educational Films Division. Toho sometimes used documentary projects as tests for assistant directors due to become directors.Шаблон:Sfn Honda's directorial debut was the documentary Ise-Shima, a twenty-minute highlight reel of Ise-Shima's cultural attractions. It was commissioned by local officials to boost tourism to the national park. The film covers a brief history of the Ise Grand Shrine, the local people, the economy, and pearl farms.Шаблон:Sfn The film is also notable for being the first Japanese film to utilize underwater photography successfully. Honda originally wanted to use a small submarine-like craft but the idea was scrapped due to budget and safety concerns. Instead, professional divers assisted with the production. Honda had commissioned a camera technician colleague who designed and built an air-tight, waterproof, metal-and-glass housing for a compact 35-millimeter camera.Шаблон:Sfn The documentary was completed in July 1949 and became a triumph for Toho. The documentary was then sold to multiple European territories. It disappeared for a long time until it resurfaced on Japanese cable television in 2003. Between July and September 1949, shortly after finishing Ise-Shima, Honda reunited with his friend Akira Kurosawa on Stray Dog and began working as a chief assistant director on the film.Шаблон:Sfn Honda mainly directed second unit photography, all of the footage pleased Kurosawa and has stated to "owe a great deal" to Honda for capturing the film's post-war atmosphere.Шаблон:Sfn
1950s
In 1950, Honda worked on two films by Kajirō Yamamoto: Escape from Prison and Elegy, the last film produced by Film Art Associations.Шаблон:Sfn Honda had also worked as an assistant director on Senkichi Taniguchi's Escape at Dawn.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn
Between working on films as an assistant director, Honda began pre-production on Newspaper Kid, which would have been his feature directorial debut. However, the project was canceled. Instead, he began working on another documentary titled Story of a Co-op (also known as Flowers Blooming in the Sand and Co-op Way of Life)Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Story of a Co-op was a documentary about the rise of consumer cooperatives in post-war Japan. It was also written by Honda, with the production overseen by Jin Usami and with the support of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Some records indicated that some animation was used to explain the functions of co-ops but these reports have been unconfirmed. The film was completed on 6 October 1950 and has since been lost. However, Honda recalled that the film was successful enough to convince Toho to assign Honda his first feature film.Шаблон:Sfn
Between filming the documentaries, Toho had offered Honda the chance to develop and direct a war film titled Kamikaze Special Attack Troop. Toho then chose not to proceed with the project after finding Honda's script, which openly criticized leaders of World War II, to be too grim and realistic. Honda recalled that the studio felt it was "too soon after the war" to produce such a film. Had the project proceeded, it would have been Honda's first directorial feature. The script has since been lost.Шаблон:Sfn
At the age of 40, Honda completed his first feature film The Blue Pearl.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Released on 3 August 1951, it was one of the first Japanese feature films to utilize underwater photography and the first studio film to be shot in the Ise-Shima region.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Honda initially chose not to direct war films, but changed his mind after Toho offered to have him direct Eagle of the Pacific, a film about Isoroku Yamamoto, a figure with whom Honda shared the same feelings regarding the war. It was the first film where Honda collaborated with Eiji Tsuburaya.Шаблон:Sfn Eagle of the Pacific was a box-office hit and reportedly was Toho's first postwar film to earn over Шаблон:JPY (approximately Шаблон:USD).Шаблон:Sfn Subsequently, Honda would direct another war film, entitled Farewell Rabaul, which was released on February 10, 1954.Шаблон:Sfn
A month after the release of Farewell Rabaul, Honda met assistant director Kōji Kajita to commence production on a film titled Sanshiro the Priest. Possibly connected to Kurosawa's 1943 film Sanshiro Sugata; Hideo Oguni, one of Kurosawa's frequent collaborators, wrote the script for the film. Authors Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski stated that the project never came to fruition because Oguni and Honda "couldn't see eye to eye about the screenplay".Шаблон:Sfn According to Kajita, the film would have been about a priest and a judo expert.Шаблон:Sfn
Following the cancellation of a highly anticipated drama film titled In the Shadow of Glory, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka quickly converted the idea of a giant monster film. He was influenced by reports of a nuclear test in the Pacific that caused a Japanese fishing boat to be exposed to nuclear fallout, with disastrous results, and had heard of a recently released American monster film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Honda accepted the offer to direct the film after planned In the Shadow of Glory director Taniguchi declined the assignment.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Honda and screenwriter Takeo Murata confined themselves in a three-week secluded residence at an inn in Tokyo's Shibuya ward to write the screenplay for this film, entitled Godzilla.Шаблон:Sfn The film was Honda's first kaiju film, the genre for which he would become most famous. The simple story, about a giant monster that rises near Odo Island and attacks Tokyo causing catastrophic destruction, is a metaphor for a nuclear holocaust.
Principal photography for Godzilla began on August 2, 1954,Шаблон:Sfn and wrapped in late September,Шаблон:Sfn taking 51 days.Шаблон:Sfn It became a box office success in Japan and was nominated for two Japanese Movie Association awards: winning an award for best special effectsШаблон:Sfn but losing to Kurosawa's Seven Samurai for best picture.[5] Because of the film's success in Japan, it spawned a multimedia franchise, being recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running film franchise in history.[6] Two years later, a heavily localized version of Godzilla was released in the United States as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda's next film was Lovetide, based on Hidemi Kon's story Blow, River Wind and adapted by screenwriter Dai Nishijima. Toho promoted the film by calling it a "gorgeous love melodrama with Toho's best cast, meant for all the woman fans".Шаблон:Sfn The film's stars Mariko Okada and Chieko Nakakita (Tanaka's wife) also played in Mikio Naruse's film Floating Clouds, featuring a similar plot and released around a week after Lovetide.Шаблон:Sfn Tanaka had stated that if he had not made Honda predominantly direct science-fiction films, he would have become "a director like Mikio Naruse."Шаблон:Sfn
During the start of production on Motoyoshi Oda's Godzilla Raids Again, Honda began filming Half Human in the Japanese Alps.Шаблон:Sfn Upon his return to Tokyo, Tsuburaya was working on Godzilla Raids Again. Thus, production on Half Human was halted and Honda moved on to shooting a drama film titled Mother and Son. Principal photography for Half Human recommenced in June, and the film was released on August 14, 1955, around a month after filming concluded.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Half Human has been infrequently seen following its release. Ryfle and Godziszewski noted this is possibly due to Toho fearing the mountain tribe, described by Nobuo Nakamura's character as "mysterious buraku", is depicted in the film as "an uncivilized, primitive colony of subhuman freaks", could enrage burakumin's rights groups such as the Buraku Liberation League.Шаблон:Sfn Some sources suggest it was aired on television in the 1960s or early 1970s and was screened at a film retrospective in Kyoto in 2001.Шаблон:Sfn Toho has never released the complete film in any home video format.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1956, Honda directed four films. The first, Young Tree, concerns a young girl who moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying economic and cultural backgrounds.Шаблон:Sfn The second, entitled Night School, was his solo film ever directed outside of Toho and was among the first films about night schooling.Шаблон:Sfn The third, titled People of Tokyo, Goodbye, follows young lovers who try to listen to their hearts despite their parents' interjections.Шаблон:Sfn The fourth, Rodan, was Honda's first-ever film shot in color and depicted a winged monster named Rodan wreaking havoc in Japan after its awakening by nuclear bomb testing.Шаблон:Sfn
Although Japanese cinema is known for its samurai films, Honda did not show any interest in directing a jidaigeki film since his stage was contemporary Japan.Шаблон:Sfn Nonetheless, in May 1956, Kurosawa reported that he would produce three jidaigeki films beginning that September, with Honda directing Throne of Blood, Hideo Suzuki directing The Hidden Fortress, and Hiromichi Horikawa directing Revenge (became Yojimbo).Шаблон:Sfn Kurosawa would eventually direct all three of these films;Шаблон:Sfn now regarded as some of his best films.[7][8]
The year 1957 marked a turning point in Honda's directing career, as he directed five films, with his first, Be Happy, These Two Lovers, filmed by Hajime Koizumi, who would work on 21 of his films thereon.Шаблон:Sfn Ryfle and Godziszewski called his camera work "the perfect complement to Honda's conservative, risk-averse style of composition".Шаблон:Sfn
His next film, A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye, was the second in Honda's trilogy of films starring enka singer Chiyoko Shimakura (the first film was People of Tokyo, Goodbye). The third film in the trilogy, entitled A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister, was released the month after A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye.Шаблон:Sfn A Rainbow Plays in My Heart, a black-and-white two-part film based on Seiichi Yashiro and Ryunosuke Yamada'sШаблон:Sfn radio drama of the same name, was released on July 9, 1957 (a week after A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye).Шаблон:Sfn The film is notable for being the third and final film featuring Godzilla stars Momoko Kochi and Akira Takarada in leading roles.Шаблон:Sfn
Honda's only tokusatsu film of 1957, The Mysterians, was released just over a year after Japan joined the United Nations and features affairs reflecting the Japan's return to global politics.Шаблон:Sfn The story concerned a young scientist (Kenji Sahara) who becomes involved in a globally threatening alien invasion. The film was shot on an enormous budget of Шаблон:JPY and was his debut movie to be filmed in Toho Scope.Шаблон:Sfn
Song for a Bride, released in February 1958, is regarded as one of the director's best films of the 1950s.Шаблон:Sfn It is a comedy-drama film that explores the clash between traditional and modern ethics among Japanese youth.Шаблон:Sfn Following its release, Honda would direct two science fiction films in the same year for the first time. His second film of 1958, The H-Man, premiered on June 24, 1958 to mixed reviews. It is a distinctive Honda picture about a liquid creature who terrorizes Tokyo's gangland. Some scenes in the film were shot on the same sets used in Kurosawa's 1948 film Drunken Angel. In May 1959, Columbia Pictures released a shortened version of this film in the United States. Upon its release, U.S. critics erroneously believed it was a rip-off Irvin Yeaworth's The Blob, despite The H-Man being released prior to The Blob in Japan.Шаблон:Sfn
The successful distributions of Honda's Godzilla and Rodan in the United States, lead Toho to seek further Hollywood connections.Шаблон:Sfn In 1957, the company agreed to co-produce a made-for-television film with AB-PT Pictures (who would go bankrupt during production).Шаблон:Sfn This project would eventually become a black-and-white theatrical feature film directed by Honda, entitled Varan the Unbelievable, released in 1958.Шаблон:Sfn Considered his "weakest effort",Шаблон:Sfn it is a simple story about scientists who unintentionally awake a giant monster dubbed Varan while seeking scarce species of butterfly in Tōhoku region.
An Echo Calls You, his twenty-third feature film, centers on an uneducated bus conductor, Tamako, who falls in love with Nabeyama, her bus driver after she fails to have a relationship with a man from Kōfu's wealthiest family. Featuring Ryō Ikebe in his fourth major role in a Honda movie, and with a possibly Hideko the Bus Conductor-inspired screenplay by Gorō Tanada, the film premiered in January 1959 to generally positive reviews from critics.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Honda quickly moved on to his next project, Inao, Story of an Iron Arm. It is a biographical film based on the life of professional baseball pitcher Kazuhisa Inao, featuring Inao portraying himself as an adult. Additionally, it features Godzilla actors Takashi Shimura as his father and Ren Yamamoto and Sachio Sakai as his older brothers. The film was released in March 1959 and was later screened in honor of Inao following his death in 2007.Шаблон:Sfn
1960s and 1970s
Шаблон:Expand section In 1962, Honda returned to directing Godzilla films beginning with King Kong vs. Godzilla. Honda would go on to direct five additional Godzilla films during the 1960s: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), Destroy All Monsters (1968), and All Monsters Attack (1969), the latter which Honda also served as director of special effects. His other tokusatsu films during the 1960s include: Mothra (1961), Matango (1963), Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), and King Kong Escapes (1967). While Honda managed to retain a job directing for Toho during the 1960s and 1970s, the studio did not renew his contract near the end of 1965 and was instructed to speak with Tanaka about employment on a film-by-film basis.Шаблон:Sfn In 1967, Honda began occasionally directing for television, since it had become more popular than the film industry in Japan.Шаблон:Sfn
Between 1971 and 1973, Honda directed several episodes for the television series Return of Ultraman, Mirrorman, Emergency Command 10-4, 10-10, Thunder Mask, and Zone Fighter,Шаблон:Sfn and would only direct two films during the 1970s: Space Amoeba (1970) and Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975); Honda would temporarily retire following the release of the latter film.Шаблон:Sfn
Final works and last years (1979–1993)
Collaborating with Akira Kurosawa (1979–1992)
Despite retiring in 1975, Honda was persuaded by Akira Kurosawa to return to filmmaking, and collaborate on Kagemusha (1980). Honda would subsequently work on Kurosawa's last five films. His positions in these films included: directorial advisor, production coordinator, and creative consultant; he also made uncredited writing contributions to Madadayo (1993).Шаблон:Sfn There is a common misconception that Honda directed three sequences of Kurosawa's 1990 film Dreams entitled "The Tunnel,"Шаблон:Sfn "Mount Fuji in Red," and "The Weeping Demon."Шаблон:Sfn
Declining health and death (1992–1993)
Шаблон:Quote box In late 1992, Akira Kurosawa hosted a party for the cast and crew of Madadayo following the completion of principal photography. Honda appeared to be suffering from cold symptoms at the party and contacted his son Ryuji in New York. Ryuji believed Honda was drunk and thought it strange that he called him.Шаблон:Sfn Then, in mid-February 1993, Kurosawa, Honda, and Masahiko Kumada, the unit manager, attended a screening of Agantuk, Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray's last film, at an art-house cinema.Шаблон:Sfn After watching the film, Kurosawa invited Honda to his house for dinner and drinks, but Honda felt sick and went home. Honda was declared healthy following a checkup in December 1992, and no major illnesses were suspected. Although his cough kept getting worse, his family doctor diagnosed him with a common cold.Шаблон:Sfn Initially, Honda stayed in bed for a week, but after he lost his appetite, he underwent X-rays and blood tests. Honda was immediately told to seek hospital treatment following the results. Knowing something was wrong with his health, Honda had already packed his bags. Within ten minutes of leaving home, he was taken to Kono Medical Clinic, a 19-bed facility in Soshigaya. Because the major hospitals were full, he was placed in a tiny room.Шаблон:Sfn
A room in a bigger hospital was about to be assigned to Honda, so his friends could visit him. In the following days, Honda contracted pleurisy, a condition that causes difficulty breathing, and on February 27, just after returning home from visiting hours, Kimi and Takako received an urgent call: his vital signs had suddenly deteriorated.Шаблон:Sfn Honda died from respiratory failure at 11:30 pm on February 28, 1993.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn A memorial service was held at Joshoji Kaikan, an assembly hall in Setagaya, for Honda's friends, family, and colleagues on March 6.Шаблон:Sfn Honda's funeral reunited Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, an actor who had starred in both Honda's and Kurosawa's early films. The Nikkei reported that Mifune was among the mourners at the funeral: "[Kurosawa and Mifune] made eye contact and hugged in tears at the funeral for their mutual friend."Шаблон:Sfn
Honda's cremated remains were buried at Tama Cemetery, the largest municipal cemetery in Japan. His family later moved the grave to Fuji Cemetery.Шаблон:Sfn
Filmography
Film
Director
Miscellaneous
| Year | Title | Assistant director | Actor | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | The Elderly Commoner's Life Study | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | 3rd assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1935 | Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | 2nd assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1937 | A Husband's Chastity | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Akira Kurosawa | Шаблон:Sfn |
| Nadare | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Akira Kurosawa | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Enoken's Chakiri Kinta Part 1 | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | 2nd assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Enoken's Chakiri Kinta Part 2 | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Akira Kurosawa | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Humanity and Paper Balloons | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 1938 | Chinetsu | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Akira Kurosawa | Шаблон:Sfn |
| Tojuro no koi | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Akira Kurosawa | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | 3rd assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Chocolate and Soldiers | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Chief assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1941 | Uma | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | With Hiromichi Horikawa | [9] |
| 1944 | Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1946 | Eleven Girl Students | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Declaration of Love | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 1947 | 24 Hours in an Underground Market | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | [3] | |
| The New Age of Fools | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| Spring Banquet | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | [3] | ||
| 1949 | Child of the Wind | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Flirtation in Spring | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| Stray Dog | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Chief assistant director | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1950 | Escape at Dawn | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Escape from Prison | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 1951 | Elegy | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Editor; Toho Champion Festival re-release | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1967 | Son of Godzilla | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Editor; Toho Champion Festival re-release | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Production coordinator 2nd unit director |
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| 1985 | Ran | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Director Counsellor | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1986 | Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection |
Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Interviewee | [3] |
| 1987 | The Drifting Classroom | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Grandfather | Шаблон:Sfn |
| Come Back Hero | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Priest at wedding ceremony | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1988 | The Discarnates | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Street vendor | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1990 | Dreams | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Creative consultant | [10] |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Associate director | Шаблон:Sfn |
| 1993 | Madadayo | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:No | Directorial Adviser and co-writer | Шаблон:Sfn |
| Samurai Kids | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Deceased grandfather [portrait; posthumous] | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 1994 | Turning Point | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Photograph; posthumous | [11] |
| 1996 | Rebirth of Mothra | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Photograph; posthumous | [3] |
Television
| Airdate | Episode | Ref. | |
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| The Newlyweds (Shinkon san) | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "The Woman, at That Moment" ("Onna wa sono toki") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "Forgive Me Please, Mom" ("Yurushitene okasan") | ||
| Husbands, Men, Be Strong (Otto yo otoko yo tsuyokunare) | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Honey, It's a Presidential Order" ("Anata shacho meirei yo") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "We're Going South-Southwest" ("Nan nan sei ni ikuno yo") | ||
| Return of Ultraman | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "All Monsters Attack" | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "Takkong's Great Counterattack" | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Operation Monster Rainbow" | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Monster Island S.O.S." | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "The Five Oaths of Ultra" | ||
| Mirrorman | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Birth of Mirrorman" ("Miraman tanjo") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "The Intruder is Here" ("Shinryakusha wa koko ni iru") | ||
| Emergency Command 10-4, 10-10 (Kinkyu shirei 10-4, 10-10) | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Japanese Beetle Murder Incident" ("Kabutomushi satsujin jiken") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "Vampire of the Amazon" ("Amazon no kyuketsuki") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Assassin from Outer Space" ("Uchu kara kita ansatsuha") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Attack of Monster Bird Ragon" ("Kaicho Ragon no shugeki!") | ||
| Thunder Mask | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Look! The Double Transformation of the Akatsuki" ("Miyo! Akatsuki no nidan henshin") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "The Boy Who Could Control Monsters" ("Maju wo ayatsuru shonen") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Devil Freezing Strategy" ("Mao reito sakusen") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Merman's Revenge" ("Kyuketsu hankyojin no fukushu") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Monster Summoning Smoke" ("Maju wo yobu kemuri") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Degon H: Death Siren" ("Shi no kiteki da degon H") | ||
| Zone Fighter | |||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Defeat Garoga's Subterranean Base!" ("Tatake! Garoga no chitei kichi") | Шаблон:Sfn | |
| Шаблон:Dts | "Onslaught! The Garoga Army: Enter Godzilla" ("Raishu! Garoga daiguntai-Gojira toujo") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Terrobeat HQ: Invade the Earth!" ("Kyoju kichi chikyu e shinnyu!") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Absolute Terror: Birthday of Horror!" ("Senritsu! Tanjobi no kyofu") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Mission: Blast the Japan Islands" ("Shirei: Nihon retto bakuha seyo") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Order: Destroy Earth with Comet K" ("Meirei: K susei de chikyu wo kowase") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Secret of Bakugon, the Giant Terro-Beast" ("Daikyouju Bakugon no himitsu") | ||
| Шаблон:Dts | "Smash the Pin-Spitting Needlar" ("Hari fuki Nidora wo taose") | ||
Style
Despite being known primarily for directing tokusatsu films, Honda has also directed documentaries, melodramas, romance, musical, and biographical films. Unlike Akira Kurosawa, who often used recurring themes and photographic devices (even sometimes going over time and budget on productions), Honda was a filmmaker who almost always finished his projects requested by Toho on time and budget; Godzilla (1954) was one such project.Шаблон:Sfn Godzilla assistant director Kōji Kajita stated that during their 17 films that they made together Honda "had his own style, this way of thinking", adding: "he never got mad, didn’t rush, but he still expressed his thoughts and made it clear when something was different from what he wanted, and he corrected things quietly."Шаблон:Sfn Thus, his skill earned him the nickname "Honda the Amylase".Шаблон:Sfn
Direction
Authors, cast, and crew members have called Honda's style of direction "well-established".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano stated that the events happening during his "running crowd" sequences, such as "Firefighters being dispatched in an emergency situation, police officer directing traffic, and people carrying furoshiki while running away", are "unrealistic" but it was important for Honda to "bring out the everydayness by showing such things".Шаблон:Sfn According to actor Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kurosawa said that if he were to direct a scene in one of Honda's films featuring police officers directing civilians, he would "make even the police officers flee first."Шаблон:Sfn Regarding this, Honda said that the policemen featured in his films do not run away because of his war experience as an officer.Шаблон:Sfn Hiroshi Koizumi said that, during the filming of Mothra, Honda was focusing to appear in a scene where a civilian helped the baby on the bridge.Шаблон:Sfn
Legacy
Reputation in the film industry
Many filmmakers have been influenced by Honda's work. According to Steve Ryfle, his influence inside the film industry is "undeniable", as he was "one of the creators of the modern disaster film, he helped set the template for countless blockbusters to follow, and a wide array of filmmakers".[1] In 2007, Quentin Tarantino called Honda his "favorite science-fiction director".[12] Tarantino is also one of several filmmakers and actors who have cited Honda's The War of the Gargantuas as an influence,Шаблон:Sfn alongside Brad Pitt,[1]Шаблон:Sfn Guillermo del Toro,[13] and Tim Burton.[13] John Carpenter cited Godzilla as an influence on his career and called Honda "one of my personal cinematic gods".[14] Martin Scorsese has also cited Honda as an influence on his work.[1]
In popular culture
The episode, "Tagumo Attacks!!!" in the television series Legends of Tomorrow is based around Honda. The central plotline of the episode involves a kraken-esque creature named Tagumo, that Honda has written, which becomes a reality due to a magic book that belongs to Brigid, the Celtic goddess of art. It is described as a "land octopus" that will destroy Tokyo, unless the protagonists can stop it. At the end of the episode, the character, Mick Rory tells Ishirō to "Forget about the octopus. Lizards. Lizards are king." In this fictional universe, this will lead Ishirō to creating the character Godzilla, as he states in the episode "The King... of the Monsters. I like that".[15] Honda, alongside Ray Harryhausen, was given dedications in the 2013 film Pacific Rim.[16]
In his acclaimed 2023 film Godzilla Minus One, filmmaker and visual effects artist Takashi Yamazaki paid homage to Honda's work.[17]
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- Шаблон:Official website Шаблон:In lang
- Official English-language website (archived)
- Official website created to commemorate Honda's 100th birthday Шаблон:In lang
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- Ishirō Honda at Toho Шаблон:In lang
- Ishirō Honda at the National Film Archive of Japan Шаблон:In lang
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