HONDA was a movie director who was consistently involved with cinematography and the use of "special effects" to create image effects and examples start from his frequent use of underwater filming in his debut movie, "Aoi Shinju," and the introduction of Hi-Vision synthesizing in KUROSAWA's movies, "Dreams" and "Rhapsody in August,"which HONDA worked as an assistant producer.
劇映画の処女作『青い真珠(映画)』における水中撮影の多用から、黒澤明の演出補という形で参加した『夢(映画)』、『八月の狂詩曲』のハイビジョン合成の導入に至るまで、一貫して撮影技術、映画効果としての“特撮”に関わり続けた映画監督である。