Читать книгу Ishiro Honda - Steve Ryfle - Страница 5

CONTENTS

Foreword by Martin Scorsese / vii

Acknowledgments / ix

Introduction / xi

I. DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: 1911–45 / 1

1. A Boy from the Mountains / 3

2. Tokyo / 6

3. Film School Lessons / 11

4. A Reluctant Soldier / 14

5. Forging Bonds / 18

6. War / 26

II. AWAKENINGS: 1946–54 / 35

7. Starting Over / 37

8. Allegiances and Alliances / 43

9. The Documentaries / 46

Ise-shima (1949), Story of a Co-op (1950)

10. Sea, Land, and Sky / 52

The Blue Pearl (1951), The Skin of the South (1952), The Man Who Came to Port (1952), Adolescence Part 2 (1953), Eagle of the Pacific (1953), Farewell Rabaul (1954)

III. SCIENCE FICTION: 1954–64 / 81

11. No Laughing Matter / 83

Godzilla (1954)

12. Obligations / 108

Love Makeup (1955), Mother and Son (1955), Half Human (1955)

13. Youth Movement / 119

Young Tree (1956), Night School (1956), People of Tokyo, Goodbye (1956), Rodan (1956)

14. Lovers and Aliens / 130

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)

15. Brides, Blobs, and a Bomb / 142

Song for a Bride (1958), The H-Man (1958), Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

16. Marriage, Money, and the Moon / 152

An Echo Calls You (1959), Inao, Story of an Iron Arm (1959), Seniors, Juniors, Co-workers (1959), Battle in Outer Space (1959)

17. Accidental Monsters / 164

The Human Vapor (1960), Mothra (1961), A Man in Red (1961)

18. Going Global / 182

Gorath (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

19. Dangerous Waters / 196

Matango (1963), Atragon (1963)

20. Monsters and Gangsters / 206

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Dogora (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

IV. GOOD-BYE, GODZILLA: 1965–75 / 219

21. East Meets West / 221

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), Come Marry Me (1966)

22. Monsters or Bust / 238

King Kong Escapes (1967), Destroy All Monsters (1968), Latitude Zero (1969), All Monsters Attack (1969), Space Amoeba (1970), Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

V. AT KUROSAWA’S SIDE: 1976–93 / 273

23. Rhapsody in Autumn / 275

Afterword by Ryuji Honda / 299

Ishiro Honda Filmography / 301

Notes / 305

Index / 317

Illustrations