Buy used £35.74

£2.80 delivery March 10 - 17. Details

Select delivery location

Used: Very Good | Details

Sold by Paper Cavalier UK

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

Follow the author

Peter H. Brothers

Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda Paperback – 16 Oct. 2009

by Peter H. Brothers (Author)

28 ratings

See all formats and editions

Amazon Price

New from

Used from

Kindle Edition

"Please retry"

£3.07

—

Paperback, Large Print

"Please retry"

£18.85

—

Paperback, 16 Oct. 2009

£35.74

—

£33.71

Kindle Edition
£0.00 This title and over 1 million more are available with Kindle Unlimited £3.07 to buy
Paperback
£35.74

4 Used from £33.71

Here, for the first time in English print, is the inspiring story of a humble and soft-spoken man who became one of the most-prolific directors in the history of fantasy films. Raised in a primitive Japanese village by a Buddhist monk, Ishiro Honda fell in love with films at a young age and soon enrolled in film school with the intent of one day becoming a director. Called to enlist in the Imperial Japanese Army druing World War II, he returned with a knowledge of the futility of war and a dread of the atomic age. A dedicated craftsman who directed over 80 films during a remarkable 60-plus year career, Honda is undeservedly remembered mostly as the "greatest director" of the famous Japanese monster film series; however, he was in fact much more. Utelizing a wide-variety of source material never before assembled into one volume, Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men is an objective critical analysis and definitve study of a man whose fantasy films - when seen in their original versions - are "beautiful nightmares" of quality and subtext which transcend the visceral thrill of watching monsters destroying cities. Honda's admirers include George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg and his films are masterpieces of entertainment that have enthralled audiences for generations . . . and will for generations to come.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ AuthorHouse (16 Oct. 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1449027717
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449027711
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.2 x 1.69 x 22.9 cm

Customer reviews:
28 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Peter H. Brothers

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

I am an actor, director, speaker, playwright, poet, and author of the Rondo-nominated "Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men - The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda," "Atomic Dreams and the Nuclear Nightmare: The Making of Godzilla (1954)," and "The Sons of Godzilla: from Destroyer to Defender, from Ridicule to Respect (1955-1995)." I have also written the horror novels "Devil Bat Diary - The Journal of Johnny Layton" and "Terror In Tinseltown - the Sequel to Devil Bat Diary," as well as a volume of poetry called "A Rainbow's Bold Amen," an anthology called "Three Plays," "No Sympathy for the Vampire: The Film World of Bela Lugosi," "Suspending My Disbelief: Televised Terrors (1950-1959), and "Dark Detours: A Collection of Sinister Short Stories."

I enjoy books, films, music, and have lectured at numerous conventions and written many articles on Japanese monster movies, and am a huge Bela Lugosi fan. My email is gojirafan53@aol.com and you can find me on Facebook at: Peter Hayes Brothers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5

28 global ratings

5 star		62%
4 star		13%
3 star		13%
2 star		5%
1 star		7%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top review from United Kingdom

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Gojira Fan

Happy days

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 4 December 2013

Verified Purchase

I remember a lot of these Japanese films from the late 50s into the early 60s. They were magical. So different from UK or US films. They were complete fantasies. And they have interested me for years. This great book takes me back to those days. It is chock full of information, and worth every penny. The author has done a magnificent job on the history of these films, and studied them well. I highly recommend this book.

Amazon Music Stream millions of songs	AbeBooks Books, art & collectables	ACX Audiobook Publishing Made Easy	Amazon Web Services Scalable Cloud Computing Services

Audible Download Audiobooks	Book Depository Books With Free Delivery Worldwide	DPReview Digital Photography	Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations

Amazon Home Services Experienced pros Happiness Guarantee	IMDb Movies, TV & Celebrities	Kindle Direct Publishing Indie Digital & Print Publishing Made Easy	Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands

Amazon Warehouse Deep Discounts Open-Box Products	Amazon Business Service for business customers	Whole Foods Market We Believe in Real Food

Follow the author

Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda Paperback – 16 Oct. 2009

Customers who bought this item also bought

Product details

About the author

Peter H. Brothers

Customer reviews

Top review from United Kingdom

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.