Ishirō Honda
Born: 1911-05-05 in Yamagata, Japan
Died: 1993-02-28
Known For: Directing
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
2024
- Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director as Himself (Archivial Footage)
2001
- Moses vs. Godzilla ... (Characters)
1997
- Rebirth of Mothra II ... (Lyricist)
1996
- Rebirth of Mothra ... (Lyricist)
1994
1993
- Madadayo ... (Editor)
- Samurai Kids as Grandfather
1992
- Godzilla vs. Mothra ... (Lyricist)
1991
- Rhapsody in August ... (Assistant Director)
1990
- Dreams ... (Creative Consultant)
- Making of 'Dreams' as Self
1988
- The Discarnates as Restaurant Owner
1986
1984
- Godzilla Fantasia ... (Director)
1980
- Kagemusha ... (Assistant Director)
1977
- Godzilla ... (Screenplay)
- Monsters of the Lost Continent ... (Director)
- Bloodthirsty Hawk ... (Director)
1975
- Terror of Mechagodzilla ... (Director)
1973
- Zone Fighter ... (Director)
- Katango's War ... (Screenplay)
1972
- Mirrorman ... (Director)
1971
- Return of Ultraman ... (Director)
1970
- Space Amoeba ... (Director)
1969
- All Monsters Attack ... (Director)
- Latitude Zero ... (Director)
1968
- Destroy All Monsters ... (Director)
1967
- King Kong Escapes ... (Director)
1966
- The War of the Gargantuas ... (Director)
- Come Marry Me ... (Director)
1965
- Invasion of Astro-Monster ... (Director)
- Frankenstein Conquers the World ... (Director)
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster ... (Director)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla ... (Director)
- Dogora ... (Director)
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla ... (Director)
- Matango ... (Director)
- Atragon ... (Director)
1962
- King Kong vs. Godzilla ... (Director)
- Gorath ... (Director)
- Varan the Unbelievable ... (Director)
1961
- Mothra ... (Director)
- A Man in Red ... (Director)
1960
- The Human Vapor ... (Director)
1959
- Battle in Outer Space ... (Director)
- Echo Mountain ... (Director)
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao ... (Director)
- Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers ... (Director)
1958
- The H-Man ... (Director)
- Varan ... (Director)
- Song for a Bride ... (Director)
1957
- The Mysterians ... (Director)
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman ... (Director)
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Substation worker (uncredited)
- Rodan! The Flying Monster ... (Director)
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 ... (Director)
- A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye ... (Director)
- Good Luck to These Two ... (Director)
- A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister ... (Director)
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 ... (Director)
- Tokyo 1960 ... (Director)
1956
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! ... (Director)
- Rodan ... (Director)
- Young Tree ... (Director)
- Night School ... (Director)
- People of Tokyo, Goodbye ... (Director)
1955
- Mother and Son ... (Director)
- Beast Man Snow Man ... (Director)
- Lovetide ... (Director)
1954
- Godzilla as Substation Worker (uncredited)
- Farewell Rabaul ... (Director)
1953
- The Eagle of the Pacific ... (Director)
- Adolescence Part II ... (Director)
1952
- The Man Who Came to Port ... (Director)
- The Skin of the South ... (Director)
1951
- The Blue Pearl ... (Director)
- Elegy ... (Assistant Director)
1950
- Escape at Dawn ... (Assistant Director)
- Escape from Prison ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Stray Dog as Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
- Ise-Shima ... (Director)
- Kaze no ko ... (Assistant Director)
- A Story of a Co-op ... (Director)
1947
- These Foolish Times ... (Assistant Director)
1944
- Battle Troop ... (Assistant Director)
- Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron ... (Assistant Director)
1941
- Horse ... (Assistant Director)
1939
- Osanaki mono no hata ... (Production Manager)
1938
- Chocolate and Soldiers ... (Production Manager)
- Subterranean Heat ... (Assistant Director)
1937
- Humanity and Paper Balloons ... (Assistant Director)
- Avalanche ... (Assistant Director)
- The Beautiful Hawk ... (Assistant Director)
1936
- Enoken’s Ten Millions ... (Second Assistant Director)
1935
- Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts ... (Assistant Director)