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Influential Japanese film director born May 7th, 1911, often credited as being the father of Godzilla. His name is a combination of "I" (or Ino), meaning "boar", and "shirô," meaning fourth son in the family. Originally, the young Honda had aspirations of becoming an artist; however, as he entered into his teens, it was cinema that became his number 1 interest.
He attended Nippon University studying art, but was drafted by the Japanese military and spent nearly eight years in uniform. After a period of imprisonment in China as a P.O.W., he returned to Japan to join Toho Studios, where, soon afterward, he became acquainted with its special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya. The two worked on a handful of films before collaborating on the ground-breaking epic monster film Godzilla (1954). Honda was also at the director's helm for such films as Rodan (1956), The Mysterians (1957) and its loose sequel Battle in Outer Space (1959), Mothra (1961), Matango (1963), and Destroy All Monsters (1968). Although the Japanese monster films had been derided by some U.S. critics, Honda was especially proud of his contribution to this rather unique aspect of the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Honda was a life-long friend of fellow Japanese director Akira Kurosawa and worked on several of his landmark films, including Stray Dog (1949), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) (a.k.a. "Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior"), and Ran (1985).
Honda died at the age of 81 on February 28th, 1993, with Kurosawa delivering the eulogy at his funeral.- Animation Department
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Takeshi Koike was born on 26 January 1968 in Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan. He is a director, known for Redline (2009), The Animatrix (2003) and Ninja Scroll (1993).- Actor
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Haruo Nakajima was born on 1 January 1929 in Yamagata, Japan. He was an actor, known for Seven Samurai (1954), Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). He died on 7 August 2017 in Japan.- Manami Hashimoto was born on 8 August 1984 in Yamagata, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Kiva (2008), The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021) and Ninkyô Yarô (2016).
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Toshiharu Ikeda was born on 23 February 1951 in Yamagata, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Ningyo densetsu (1984), The Key (1997) and Hasami otoko (2005). He died on 26 December 2010 in Shima, Mie, Japan.- Actress
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Aya Endô was born on 17 February 1980 in Yamagata, Japan. She is an actress, known for Guilty Crown (2011), Resonance of Fate (2010) and Project X Zone (2012).- Director
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Yoshiyuki Kishi was born on 26 March 1964 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Yoshiyuki is a director and writer, known for Wilderness: Part One (2017), Double Life (2016) and Wilderness: Part Two (2017).- Writer
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Kazunori Ito is a Japanese screenwriter and artist. He is a founding member of the artist group Headgear, which created the manga and anime franchise Mobile Police Patlabor. Ito grew up watching kaiju movies at his local theater, and became a lifelong kaiju fan, often inserting references to kaiju movies into the anime on which he worked. Ito served as a screenwriter on numerous anime beginning in the 1980's with his work on Urusei Yatsura. He became most well known for writing the screenplay for the 1995 anime adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, and later for the anime adaptations of the .hack franchise. Outside of anime, Ito wrote the screenplays for all three entries of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy. Ito has won awards for his work on Patlabor: The Movie 2, Ghost in the Shell, and Gamera the Guardian of the Universe.- Director
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Tôru Murakawa was born on 22 March 1937 in Yamagata, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days (2016), Shiroi yubi no tawamure (1972) and Besutogai (1990).- Rie Yokoyama was born on 9 April 1948 in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ecstasy of the Angels (1972), Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) and Kaoyaku (1971).
- Hailing from Osaka she lived there and in Hyogo Prefecture until age of twenty four when she moved to Tokyo. She relocated to Kyoto for her children's upbringing in 2013. She modelled while a student and debuted on a TV serial in 1993. She began modelling swimsuits in 1995 and became a gravure model next. She was also on TV in commercials for the likes of NTT and Coca Cola in that year. She continued to endorse corporate material like Pocky and Megmilk and others for years. She is also an essayist and also works in radio as of 2017. She has been married to magazine editor Sawada Yasuhiko since 2002 and has a daughter born on 29.12.2006 and a son born 08.03.2013. He is eighteen years her senior and worked at Magazine House.
- Kôji Shitara was born on 4 June 1946 in Yamagata, Japan. He is an actor, known for Good Morning (1959), Late Autumn (1960) and The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952).
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Chihiro Suzuki was born on 17 February 1977 in Yamagata, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Desert Punk (2004), Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008) and Tales of the Abyss (2005).- Masahiko Tanimura was born on 25 February 1927 in Yamagata, Japan. He was an actor, known for Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974), Truck Rascals (1975) and Roughneck (1969). He died on 6 August 2000 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Eri Watanabe was born on 5 January 1955 in Yamagata, Japan. She is an actress and director, known for Shall We Dance? (1996), Crest of Betrayal (1994) and Kowagaru hitobito (1994).- Art Department
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Toshio Hirata was born on 16 February 1938 in Tendo, Yamagata, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Jetter Mars (1977) and Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989). He died on 25 August 2014 in Japan.- Eriko Nakamura was born on 14 September 1988 in Yamagata, Japan. She is an actress, known for August in Tokyo (2014), Grow (2007) and Yochô: Sanpo suru Shinryakusha (2017).
- Shûhei Fujisawa was born on 26 December 1927 in Yamagata, Japan. He was a writer, known for The Twilight Samurai (2002), Sword of Desperation (2010) and After the Flowers (2010). He died on 26 January 1997 in Japan.
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Atsushi Kaneko was born in 1966 in Yamagata, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Ranpo jigoku (2005), EVOL (2023) and Soil (2010).- Satomi Moriya was born on 16 April 1982 in Yamagata, Japan. She is an actress, known for Catherine: Full Body (2019), Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate (2013) and Catherine (2011).
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Hiroshi Shidara was born on 11 September 1936 in Murayama, Yamagata, Japan. He is a director and assistant director, known for UFO Robo Grendizer (1975), Cutie Honey (1973) and Patalliro! (1982).- Beat Kiyoshi was born on 31 December 1949 in Mogami, Yamagata, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kikujiro (1999), Oazuke (1990) and Out of Focus (1985).
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Kenkichi Hara was born on 24 March 1907 in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan. He is a director and assistant director, known for Tatakai no machi (1943), Kamen no machi (1947) and Ojisan (1943).- Aki Takejô was born on 4 April 1947 in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan. She was an actress, known for The Ballad of Narayama (1983), Tanba Tetsurô no daireikai 2: Shindara odoroita!! (1990) and Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977). She was married to Tako Hachirô. She died on 15 December 2022 in Japan.
- Eiken Shôji was born on 6 July 1923 in Shinjô, Yamagata, Japan. He was an actor, known for The Naked Woman and the Gun (1957), A Chain of Islands (1965) and Ôkami (1955). He died on 15 September 2015 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.