Ishiro Honda (eBook)

amp;lt;P>STEVE RYFLE has contributed film journalism and criticism to the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Cineaste, Virginia Quarterly Review, POV, and other publications. He is the author of a book on the history of the Godzilla film series. ED GODZISZEWSKI is editor and publisher of Japanese Giants magazine. He is the author of a Godzilla film encyclopedia, and has written for Fangoria and other publications.</P>

<P>Preface by Martin Scorsese<BR>Acknowledgments<BR>Introduction<BR>DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: 1911–45<BR>A Boy from the Mountains<BR>Tokyo<BR>Film School Lessons<BR>A Reluctant Soldier<BR>Forging Bonds<BR>War<BR>AWAKENINGS: 1946–54<BR>Starting Over<BR>Allegiances and Alliances<BR>The Documentaries: Ise-shima (1949), Story of a Co-op (1950)<BR>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)<BR>SCIENCE FICTION: 1954–64<BR>No Laughing Matter: Godzilla (1954)<BR>Obligations: Love Makeup (1955), Mother and Son (1955), Half Human (1955)<BR>Youth Movement: Young Tree (1956), Night School (1956), People of Tokyo, Goodbye (1956), Rodan (1956)<BR>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)<BR>Brides, Blobs, and a Bomb: Song for a Bride (1958), The H-Man (1958), Varan the Unbelievable (1958)<BR>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)<BR>Accidental Monsters: The Human Vapor (1960), Mothra (1961), A Man in Red (1961)<BR>Going Global: Gorath (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)<BR>Dangerous Waters: Matango (1963), Atragon (1963)<BR>Monsters and Gangsters: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Dogora (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)<BR>GOOD-BYE, GODZILLA: 1965–75<BR>East Meets West: Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), Come Marry Me (1966)<BR>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)<BR>AT KUROSAWA'S SIDE: 1976–93<BR>Rhapsody in Autumn<BR>Afterword by Ryuji Honda<BR>Ishiro Honda Filmography<BR>Notes<BR>Index</P>