Their bond strengthened over time, with Honda frequently assisting Kurosawa on various projects.

70 years after its release, Kurosawa’s epic classic is still essential to modern filmmaking.

HondasGodzillafilms, meanwhile, became the foundation for the kaiju genre,shaping science fiction and monster movies globally.

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