Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

  • Birthday: 1911-05-05
  • Deathday: 1993-02-28
  • Place of birth: Yamagata, Japan
  • Also know as: 本多猪四郎

Biography

Ishirō Honda (Honda Ishirō), sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda", (May 7, 1911, in Yamagata Prefecture – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director Akira Kurosawa. Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner there when the war ended. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ishirō Honda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Making of 'Dreams'

1990

As Self

A. K.

1985

As Self

Samurai Kids

1993

As Grandfather

The Discarnates

1988

As Restaurant Owner

Stray Dog

1949

As Fleeing Villain (uncredited)

Production

All Monsters Attack

1969

As Special Effects

Godzilla

1954

As Director

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

As Director

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

As Director

Destroy All Monsters

1968

As Director

The War of the Gargantuas

1966

As Director

Atragon

1963

As Director

The H-Man

1958

As Director

The Mysterians

1957

As Director

Battle in Outer Space

1959

As Director

Dogora

1964

As Director

Space Amoeba

1970

As Director

King Kong Escapes

1967

As Director

Mothra

1961

As Director

All Monsters Attack

1969

As Director

Gorath

1962

As Director

Latitude Zero

1969

As Director

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1975

As Director

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965

As Director

Rodan

1956

As Director

Matango

1963

As Director

The Human Vapor

1960

As Director

Godzilla

1977

As Director

Half Human

1955

As Director

Avalanche

1937

As Assistant Director

Ran

1985

As Assistant Director

Eagle of the Pacific

1953

As Director

Varan

1958

As Director

Farewell Rabaul

1954

As Director

The Blue Pearl

1951

As Director

The Skin of the South

1952

As Director

Night School

1956

As Director

Young Tree

1956

As Director

Adolescence Part II

1953

As Director

Come Marry Me

1966

As Director

A Story of a Co-op

1949

As Director

Iseshima

1950

As Director

The Man Who Came to Port

1952

As Director

Lovetide

1955

As Director

Mother and Son

1955

As Director

Tokyo no hito sayonara

1956

As Director

Good Luck to These Two

1957

As Director

Song for a Bride

1958

As Director

Echo Mountain

1959

As Director

A Man in Red

1961

As Director

Mirrorman

1972

As Director

Stray Dog

1949

As Assistant Director

Dreams

1990

As Assistant Director

Humanity and Paper Balloons

1937

As Assistant Director

Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1

1936

As Second Assistant Director

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

As Assistant Director

Escape at Dawn

1950

As Assistant Director

Godzilla Fantasia

1984

As Director

Varan the Unbelievable

1962

As Director

These Foolish Times

1947

As Assistant Director

Elegy

1951

As Assistant Director

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

As Director

Subterranean Heat

1938

As Assistant Director

The Beautiful Hawk

1937

As Assistant Director

Escape from Prison

1950

As Assistant Director

Rhapsody in August

1991

As Assistant Director

Madadayo

1993

As Editor

Godzilla

1954

As Author

Destroy All Monsters

1968

As Screenplay

The Blue Pearl

1951

As Writer

The Skin of the South

1952

As Screenplay

Rhapsody in August

1991

As Screenplay

Young Tree

1956

As Writer

Tokyo no hito sayonara

1956

As Writer

Iseshima

1950

As Screenplay

Madadayo

1993

As Screenplay

Dreams

1990

As Screenplay

Godzilla

1977

As Author

Within Reach

2017

As Characters

Look Within

2019

As Characters

Godzilla

1954

As Screenplay

Godzilla

1977

As Screenplay

Shin Godzilla

2016

As Original Film Writer

Godzilla Minus One

2023

As Original Film Writer

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