Name
Ishirō Honda
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1911-05-05
Deathday
1993-02-28 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Yamagata, Japan
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.
Known For
6.5
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is ...
6.866
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of th...
6.916
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. T...
6.8
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as th...
7
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is...
6.862
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safe...
- 1994 Turning Point
- 1990 Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- 1949 Stray Dog as Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
- 1988 The Discarnates as Restaurant Owner
- 1985 A. K. as Self
- 1993 Samurai Kids as Grandfather
- 1986 Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection as Self
- 2025 Searching For Kurosawa
- 1954 Godzilla as Substation Worker (uncredited)
- 1957 Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Substation worker (uncredited)
