Ishirō Honda

Life Work of Akira Kurosawa

Acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa has been misunderstood. Despite his public perception an a perfectionist who would clash with anyone in his way, the real Kurosawa was actually a very gentle and soft-spoken director. This documentary depicts the human being Akira Kurosawa on the set of his masterpiece "Ran".

Release Date:2022-11-25

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Godzilla Singular Point

Brought together by a mysterious song, a grad student and an engineer lead the fight against an unimaginable force that may spell doom for the world.

Release Date:2021-04-01

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:147

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Release Date:2019-05-29

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:6255

Godzilla: The Planet Eater

With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.

Release Date:2018-11-09

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:356

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.

Release Date:2018-05-18

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:360

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

A desperate group of refugees attempts to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after Godzilla took over. But one young man wants revenge above all else.

Release Date:2017-11-17

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:503

Shin Godzilla

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

Release Date:2016-07-29

Department:Writing

Job:Original Film Writer

Vote Count:1337

Godzilla

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Release Date:2014-05-14

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:9210

Moses vs. Godzilla

Made by a team of animators at Dreamworks while they were working on The Prince of Egypt, this faux trailer uses high tech animation to parody The Ten Commandments and The Clash Of The Titans. The film was made to be played at the wrap party for The Prince of Egypt, but went on to play at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 2001. Subsequently the film has become an obscure oddity amongst Godzilla fans.

Release Date:2001-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:1

Rebirth of Mothra II

The fairies from Infant Island discover a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.

Release Date:1997-12-13

Department:Writing

Job:Lyricist

Vote Count:38

Rebirth of Mothra

A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.

Release Date:1996-12-14

Department:Writing

Job:Lyricist

Character:Man in photo at the Goto's house (uncredited)

Vote Count:45

Turning Point

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.

Release Date:1994-06-18

Vote Count:1

Samurai Kids

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

Release Date:1993-07-17

Character:Grandfather

Vote Count:1

Madadayo

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.

Release Date:1993-04-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:121

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.

Release Date:1992-12-12

Department:Writing

Job:Lyricist

Vote Count:201

Rhapsody in August

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

Release Date:1991-05-25

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:141

Making of 'Dreams'

This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.

Release Date:1990-11-02

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Dreams

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Release Date:1990-05-11

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:481

The Discarnates

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' 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.

Release Date:1988-09-15

Character:Restaurant Owner

Vote Count:10

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

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

Release Date:1986-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Ran

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Release Date:1985-06-01

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:1576

A. K.

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

Release Date:1985-05-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:35

Godzilla Fantasia

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.

Release Date:1984-01-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10

Godzilla

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. 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 musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).

Release Date:1977-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:46

Terror of Mechagodzilla

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.

Release Date:1975-03-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:219

Zone Fighter

Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone, is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes, it was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1973. This was Toho's answer to not only the popular Ultra Series, but the Henshin Hero phenomenon started by shows like Kamen Rider and Android Kikaider. The previous year, Toho had just made their successful first superhero show, Rainbowman. The series was also notable for its guest appearance by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa-era Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.

Release Date:1973-04-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:2

Mirrorman

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

Release Date:1972-03-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Return of Ultraman

In a fight between two giant monsters named Takkong and Zazahn, young race car driver Hideki Go is killed while trying to rescue a little boy and a dog from the falling rubble. His valiant sacrifice is noted by everyone, even his friends and the new defense force MAT, but an unseen being also takes notice. Looking over Go is the "New Ultraman", who is so touched by Go's actions that he decides to combine his life force with that of Hideki, thus bringing him back to life. Hideki Go then joins the MAT and fights alongside them and Ultraman against monsters and alien invaders.

Release Date:1971-04-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:13

Space Amoeba

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.

Release Date:1970-08-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:50

All Monsters Attack

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.

Release Date:1969-12-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:192

Latitude Zero

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.

Release Date:1969-07-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:26

Destroy All Monsters

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.

Release Date:1968-08-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:250

King Kong Escapes

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.

Release Date:1967-07-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:104

Come Marry Me

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.

Release Date:1966-11-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The War of the Gargantuas

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.

Release Date:1966-07-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:96

Invasion of Astro-Monster

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.

Release Date:1965-12-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:222

Frankenstein Conquers the World

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.

Release Date:1965-08-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:64

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

Release Date:1964-12-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:253

Dogora

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

Release Date:1964-08-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:40

Mothra vs. Godzilla

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.

Release Date:1964-04-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:293

Atragon

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.

Release Date:1963-12-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:50

Matango

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...

Release Date:1963-08-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:98

King Kong vs. Godzilla

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

Release Date:1963-06-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:249

Varan the Unbelievable

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.

Release Date:1962-12-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:28

King Kong vs. Godzilla

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.

Release Date:1962-08-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:311

Gorath

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

Release Date:1962-03-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:20

A Man in Red

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.

Release Date:1961-09-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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.

Release Date:1961-07-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:169

The Human Vapor

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?

Release Date:1960-12-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:16

Battle in Outer Space

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.

Release Date:1959-12-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:42

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1959-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1959-03-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Echo Mountain

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1959-01-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

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 skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.

Release Date:1958-12-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10

Varan

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 decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.

Release Date:1958-10-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:29

The H-Man

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

Release Date:1958-06-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:35

Song for a Bride

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1958-02-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Mysterians

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.

Release Date:1957-12-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:50

Tokyo 1960

A Filipino re-edit of the original Godzilla. Appears to have been edited in a similar fashion to the American King of the Monsters!, with the use of Filipino actors. No footage of this version has ever surfaced.

Release Date:1957-12-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1957-08-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

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

Release Date:1957-07-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

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

Release Date:1957-07-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1957-07-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone market. Released by Les Films du Verseau.

Release Date:1957-03-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:15

Good Luck to These Two

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

Release Date:1957-02-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Rodan

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.

Release Date:1956-12-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:172

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

Release Date:1956-06-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

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.

Release Date:1956-05-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:256

Night School

An Ishiro Honda Film.

Release Date:1956-04-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Young Tree

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

Release Date:1956-01-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Half Human

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

Release Date:1955-08-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:13

Mother and Son

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1955-06-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Lovetide

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1955-01-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Godzilla

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.

Release Date:1954-11-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:990

Farewell Rabaul

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.

Release Date:1954-02-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

The Eagle of the Pacific

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.

Release Date:1953-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

Adolescence Part II

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

Release Date:1953-07-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Man Who Came to Port

An Ishiro Honda film.

Release Date:1952-11-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Skin of the South

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.

Release Date:1952-02-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl depicts the 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.

Release Date:1951-08-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Elegy

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.

Release Date:1951-02-22

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Iseshima

An Ishiro Honda short film.

Release Date:1950-12-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Escape at Dawn

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.

Release Date:1950-01-08

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:3

Escape from Prison

Release Date:1950-01-04

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Stray Dog

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Release Date:1949-10-17

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Character:Fleeing Villain (uncredited)

Vote Count:311

A Story of a Co-op

An Ishiro Honda short film.

Release Date:1949-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

These Foolish Times

Release Date:1947-10-12

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Battle Troop

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their torpedo techniques. Mikami is posted as a staff officer at a base on an island in the Pacific. Kawakami and Murakami later joins him as the base squardron is reinforced. The enemy task force approaches the island and all three of them attack the fleet, killing themselves in the process.

Release Date:1944-12-07

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they are attacked by P-40 Warhawk and Brewster Buffalo fighters.

Release Date:1944-03-09

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:3

Subterranean Heat

Release Date:1938-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

The Beautiful Hawk

One of three titles released the same year, with the same title based on the same story. This is the P.C.L. (Toho) Version

Release Date:1937-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Humanity and Paper Balloons

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.

Release Date:1937-08-25

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:45

Avalanche

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.

Release Date:1937-07-01

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:8

Enoken’s Ten Millions

Enoken plays a cloistered rich kid whose father hires a disreputable tutor to teach him how to really be a millionaire: by drunken debauchery, women, and song.

Release Date:1936-07-21

Department:Directing

Job:Second Assistant Director

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

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...

Release Date:1935-03-01

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:6