Ishirō Honda

Director

1911-05-05 – 1993-02-28 · Yamagata, Japan

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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• Ran (1985) — Assistant Director
• Godzilla (1954) — Substation Worker (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• Kagemusha (1980) — Assistant Director
• Dreams (1990) — Creative Consultant
• Stray Dog (1949) — Fleeing Villain (uncredited), Assistant Director
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Director
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) — Director, Lyricist
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) — Director, Screenplay
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Director
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Director, Screenplay
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Director
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) — Director
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) — Director
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) — Lyricist
• All Monsters Attack (1969) — Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
• Rodan (1956) — Director
• Mothra (1961) — Director, Lyricist
• Rhapsody in August (1991) — Assistant Director, Screenplay
• Madadayo (1993) — Editor, Assistant Director
• King Kong Escapes (1967) — Director
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) — Director, Screenplay
• Matango (1963) — Director
• Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) — Director
• The Mysterians (1957) — Director