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With his name firmly ensconced in film history as the creator of the Godzilla and Rodan films, director Inoshiro Honda continues to shape and mold a dramatic sci-fi story in Battle in Outer Space. As in the record-setting Star Wars sagas of the future, special effects also get star billing here. The nations of the earth are banding together to fight off invaders from outer space. At the core of their defense is an attack in which two space ships from the earth land on the moon — the aliens have set up their base of operations there. But this pre-emptive strike is not enough because back on terra firma, heat-ray guns are called into action as the invasion of flying saucers swings into a full-scale operation.Read More »
Ishirô Honda
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Ishirô Honda – Uchu daisenso aka Battle in Outer Space (1959)
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Ishirô Honda – Bijo to Ekitainingen aka The H-Man (1958)
1951-1960AsianIshirô HondaJapanSci-FiWhen a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works. His disappearance stumps the police – until a young scientist appears who claims that H-Bomb tests in the Pacific, evidenced by a “ghost ship” that has turned up in the harbor, have created radioactive creatures – “H-Men” – who ooze like slime and dissolve anyone they touch.Read More »
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Ishirô Honda – Chikyu Boeigun AKA The Mysterians (1957)
Japan1951-1960AsianIshirô HondaKaiju-eigaSci-FiAliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to be invaders, responsible for the giant robot that is destroying cities, the armed forces attempt to stop them with every weapon available. -imdbRead More »
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Ishirô Honda & Terry Morse – Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
1951-1960HorrorIshirô HondaIshirô Honda and Terry MorseKaiju-eigaSci-FiUSAAmerican reporter Steve Martin, on his way to Cairo for an assignment, has a stop over in Tokyo. During the layover, he decides to visit his old friend Dr. Daisuke Serizawa. However, the night before he lands, his plane passes over an area where a ship suddenly exploded and caught fire killing all hands.Read More »