また没後に前述の黒澤組にいた関係で交友があった米田興弘監督の『モスラ(1996年の映画)』と大林監督の『水の旅人侍KIDS』（本作は本多に捧げられた特撮映画）の2作品で主人公の少年の祖父の肖像として本多監督の肖像が出演している。

After his death, his portrait appeared as the portrait of main character boy's grandfather in the following two movies: "Mothra (movie in 1996)" directed by Okihiro YONEDA, who continued a relationship with HONDA since they were in the KUROSAWA group, and an SFX movie dedicated to HONDA, "Mizu no Tabibito: Samurai Kids", directed by Nobuhiko OBAYASHI. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

『日本書紀』においても、人々の往来を妨害する神（「荒神」）や地元の人々の存在が多数登場しており、大化の改新直後においても旅人がその地域の慣習を知らずに禁忌を犯したためにその地域の人々に処罰されていることが問題視されているなどの記載がある。

In "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), Kojin (a god) and other local people who make human traffic stop are introduced, and descriptions include that, immediately after the Taika Reforms, some travelers were punished by local people because they violated a taboo not knowing the customs in the area. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

横山は､旅人を殺し金品を奪う盗賊であり、照手姫は本来、太上天皇や太上法皇の御所をまもる武士である北面の武士の子であったが、早くに父母に死に別れ、理由があって横山大膳に仕えていた。

Yokoyama was a thief who would kill travelers and steal their money and other valuables, and the Princess Terute was originally a child of a samurai warrior belonging to the Imperial Palace Guards on the north side who protected the Imperial Palace for Daijo Tenno (retired emperor) and Daijo Hoo (retired emperor who became a priest), but the Princess Terute was serving for Daizen YOKOYAMA for some reasons after she was bereaved of her parents at an early age. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス