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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Known For
Stray Dog
(1949)
Assistant Director
Godzilla
(1954)
Director
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(1963)
Director
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(1962)
Director
Destroy All Monsters
(1968)
Director
Ran
(1985)
Assistant Director
Mothra vs. Godzilla
(1964)
Director
Dreams
(1990)
Assistant Director
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(1956)
Director
All Monsters Attack
(1969)
Director
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
(1964)
Director
The War of the Gargantuas
(1966)
Director
Atragon
(1963)
Director
Invasion of Astro-Monster
(1965)
Director
King Kong Escapes
(1967)
Director
Godzilla
(1977)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
(1935)
Assistant Director
Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1
(1936)
Second Assistant Director
Avalanche
(1937)
Assistant Director
Humanity and Paper Balloons
(1937)
Assistant Director
The Beautiful Hawk
(1937)
Assistant Director
Subterranean Heat
(1938)
Assistant Director
These Foolish Times
(1947)
Assistant Director
A Story of a Co-op
(1949)
Director
Stray Dog
(1949)
Assistant Director
Iseshima
(1950)
Director
Escape at Dawn
(1950)
Assistant Director
Escape from Prison
(1950)
Assistant Director
The Blue Pearl
(1951)
Director
Elegy
(1951)
Assistant Director
The Skin of the South
(1952)
Director
The Man Who Came to Port
(1952)
Director
Eagle of the Pacific
(1953)
Director
Adolescence Part II
(1953)
Director
Godzilla
(1954)
Director
Farewell Rabaul
(1954)
Director
Half Human
(1955)
Director
Lovetide
(1955)
Director
Mother and Son
(1955)
Director
Rodan
(1956)
Director
Night School
(1956)
Director
Young Tree
(1956)
Director
Tokyo no hito sayonara
(1956)
Director
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(1956)
Director
The Mysterians
(1957)
Director
Good Luck to These Two
(1957)
Director
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
(1957)
Director
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
(1957)
Director
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
(1957)
Director
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
(1957)
Director
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
(1957)
Director
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
(1957)
Director
The H-Man
(1958)
Director
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
(1958)
Director
Varan
(1958)
Director
Song for a Bride
(1958)
Director
Battle in Outer Space
(1959)
Director
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
(1959)
Director
Echo Mountain
(1959)
Director
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
(1959)
Director
The Human Vapor
(1960)
Director
Mothra
(1961)
Director
A Man in Red
(1961)
Director
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(1962)
Director
Gorath
(1962)
Director
Varan the Unbelievable
(1962)
Director
Atragon
(1963)
Director
Matango
(1963)
Director
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(1963)
Director
Mothra vs. Godzilla
(1964)
Director
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
(1964)
Director
Dogora
(1964)
Director
Frankenstein Conquers the World
(1965)
Director
Invasion of Astro-Monster
(1965)
Director
The War of the Gargantuas
(1966)
Director
Come Marry Me
(1966)
Director
King Kong Escapes
(1967)
Director
Destroy All Monsters
(1968)
Director
All Monsters Attack
(1969)
Director
Latitude Zero
(1969)
Director
Space Amoeba
(1970)
Director
Mirrorman
(1972)
Director
Terror of Mechagodzilla
(1975)
Director
Godzilla
(1977)
Director
Godzilla Fantasia
(1984)
Director
Ran
(1985)
Assistant Director
Dreams
(1990)
Assistant Director
Rhapsody in August
(1991)
Assistant Director
Acting
Stray Dog
(1949)
Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
A. K.
(1985)
Self
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
(1986)
Self
The Discarnates
(1988)
Restaurant Owner
Making of 'Dreams'
(1990)
Self
Samurai Kids
(1993)
Grandfather
Turning Point
(1994)
Life work of Akira Kurosawa
(2022)
Self
Writing
Iseshima
(1950)
Screenplay
The Blue Pearl
(1951)
Writer
The Skin of the South
(1952)
Screenplay
Godzilla
(1954)
Author and Screenplay
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
(1956)
Screenplay
Young Tree
(1956)
Writer
Tokyo no hito sayonara
(1956)
Writer
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
(1957)
Writer
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
(1957)
Author and Screenplay
The War of the Gargantuas
(1966)
Writer
Destroy All Monsters
(1968)
Screenplay
Godzilla
(1977)
Author and Screenplay
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
(1986)
Writer
Dreams
(1990)
Screenplay
Rhapsody in August
(1991)
Screenplay
Madadayo
(1993)
Screenplay
Godzilla
(2014)
Original Story
Shin Godzilla
(2016)
Original Film Writer
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
(2017)
Original Story
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
(2018)
Original Story
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
(2018)
Original Story
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(2019)
Original Story
Godzilla Minus One
(2023)
Original Film Writer
Crew
Editing