Ishirō Honda
Directing
Born May 5, 1911 in 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.
Filmography
Searching For Kurosawa
Moses vs. Godzilla
Rebirth of Mothra II
Rebirth of Mothra
Turning Point
Samurai Kids
Grandfather
Madadayo
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Rhapsody in August
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
Dreams
The Discarnates
Restaurant Owner
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Self
Ran
A. K.
Self
Godzilla Fantasia
Kagemusha
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Godzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Zone Fighter
Mirrorman
Return of Ultraman
Space Amoeba
All Monsters Attack
Latitude Zero
Destroy All Monsters
King Kong Escapes
Come Marry Me
The War of the Gargantuas
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Dogora
The Human Vapor
Gorath
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Atragon
Matango
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Varan the Unbelievable
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Gorath
A Man in Red
Mothra
The Human Vapor
Battle in Outer Space
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Echo Mountain
Varan
The H-Man
Song for a Bride
The Mysterians
Tokyo 1960
Rodan! The Flying Monster
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Substation worker (uncredited)
Good Luck to These Two
Rodan
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Night School
Young Tree
Beast Man Snow Man
Mother and Son
Lovetide
Godzilla
Substation Worker (uncredited)
Farewell Rabaul
The Eagle of the Pacific
Adolescence Part II
The Man Who Came to Port
The Skin of the South
The Blue Pearl
Elegy
Escape at Dawn
Escape from Prison
Ise-Shima
Stray Dog
Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
Kaze no ko
A Story of a Co-op
These Foolish Times
Battle Troop
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Horse
Chocolate and Soldiers
Subterranean Heat
The Beautiful Hawk
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Avalanche
Enoken’s Ten Millions
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts