Speaking of book recommendations: the official (made with the family's cooperation) English language biography of Ishiro Honda comes out next month. Honda was a POW in WWII, directed the first Godzilla (and shaped the story: he'd frequently change or add to his scripts uncredited), many of the sequels, other genre films from the studio (Rodan, Mothra, Gargantuas, Matango, etc.), episodes of tokusatsu shows like Return of Ultraman, and ended his career as assistant director to his old pal Akira Kurosawa... so, there's a lot to cover!