Ishirō Honda

Known for: Directing
Born: May 5, 1911, Yamagata, Japan
Died: February 28, 1993
Movies: 76

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.

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Best-Known Movies

7.6

Godzilla

1954

7.6

Stray Dog

1949

7.0

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

6.9

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

6.9

Destroy All Monsters

1968

7.0

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

6.5

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

6.6

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

6.8

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965

6.8

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1975

Filmography

2025	Searching For Kurosawa
2024	Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director	Himself (Archivial Footage)
1994	Turning Point
1993	Samurai Kids	Grandfather
1990	Making of 'Dreams'	Self
1988	The Discarnates	Restaurant Owner
1986	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection	Self
1985	A. K.	Self
1957	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Substation worker (uncredited)
1954	Godzilla	Substation Worker (uncredited)
1949	Stray Dog	Fleeing Villain (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1991	Rhapsody in August	Screenplay
1986	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection	Writer
1984	Godzilla Fantasia	Director
1977	Bloodthirsty Hawk	Director
1977	Monsters of the Lost Continent	Director
1977	Godzilla	Screenplay, Director
1975	Terror of Mechagodzilla	Director
1974	Duel!! Godzilla vs. the Monster Army	Writer
1973	Katango's War	Screenplay, Director
1972	Mirrorman	Director
1970	Space Amoeba	Director
1969	All Monsters Attack	Director
1969	Latitude Zero	Director
1968	Destroy All Monsters	Director, Screenplay
1967	King Kong Escapes	Director
1966	Come Marry Me	Director
1966	The War of the Gargantuas	Director, Screenplay
1965	Invasion of Astro-Monster	Director
1965	Frankenstein Conquers the World	Director
1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Director
1964	Dogora	Director
1964	Mothra vs. Godzilla	Director
1963	Atragon	Director
1963	Matango	Director
1963	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Director
1962	Varan the Unbelievable	Director
1962	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Director
1962	Gorath	Director
1961	A Man in Red	Director
1961	Mothra	Director
1960	The Human Vapor	Director
1959	Battle in Outer Space	Director
1959	Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers	Director
1959	The Story of Iron Arm Inao	Director
1959	Echo Mountain	Director
1958	Varan	Director
1958	The H-Man	Director
1958	Song for a Bride	Director
1957	The Mysterians	Director
1957	Tokyo 1960	Director, Screenplay
1957	Rodan! The Flying Monster	Director
1957	A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister	Director
1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Director
1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1	Director
1957	A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye	Director, Writer
1957	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman	Director
1957	Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean	Director, Screenplay
1957	Good Luck to These Two	Director
1956	Rodan	Director
1956	People of Tokyo, Goodbye	Director, Writer
1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Director, Screenplay
1956	Night School	Director
1956	Young Tree	Director, Writer
1955	Beast Man Snow Man	Director
1955	Mother and Son	Director
1955	Lovetide	Director
1954	Godzilla	Director, Screenplay
1954	Farewell Rabaul	Director
1953	The Eagle of the Pacific	Director
1953	Adolescence Part II	Director
1952	The Man Who Came to Port	Director
1952	The Skin of the South	Director, Screenplay
1951	The Blue Pearl	Director, Writer
1949	Ise-Shima	Director, Screenplay
1949	A Story of a Co-op	Director

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