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Ishirō Honda is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director, Editor and Second Unit Japonais born on 5 may 1911 at Yamagata Prefecture (Japon)

Ishirō Honda

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Nationality Japon
Birth 5 may 1911 at Yamagata Prefecture (Japon)
Death 28 february 1993 (at 81 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Ishirō Honda (本多猪四郎 Honda Ishirō, sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda") (May 7, 1911 – February 28, 1993), was a Japanese film director. He is best known for his kaiju and tokusatsu films, including several entries in the Godzilla series, but also worked extensively in the documentary and war genres earlier in his career. Honda was also a lifelong friend and collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, and worked with Kurosawa extensively during the 1980s and '90s.

Biography

Il a essentiellement réalisé des films fantastiques dont des séries sur Godzilla et sur Mothra. Ces films mettent en scène les stigmates et les traumatismes du Japon d'après-guerre (bombes atomiques sur Hiroshima et Nagasaki). Il est un précurseur du tokusatsu.

Le film Pacific Rim lui est dédié.

Best films

Godzilla

(2014)
(Original Story)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

(2019)
(Original Story)

Ran

(1985)
(Assistant Director)

Usually with

Akira Kurosawa
(11 films)

Tomoyuki Tanaka
(34 films)

Haruo Nakajima
(26 films)

Kenji Sahara
(21 films)

Takashi Shimura
(15 films)

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ishirō Honda (57 films)

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Year	Name	Job	Roles
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Original Story
2016	Shin Godzilla	Original Film Writer
2016	Shin Godzilla	Original Film Writer
2014	Godzilla	Original Story
1993	Madadayo	Scriptwriter, Editor
1991	Rhapsody in August	, Assistant Director
1990	Dreams	Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director
1988	The Discarnates	Actor	Restaurant Owner
1985	Ran	Assistant Director
1985	A.K.	Actor	Himself
1980	Kagemusha	Director
1975	Terror of Mechagodzilla	Director
1970	Space Amoeba	Director
1969	All Monsters Attack	Director, Special Effects
1969	Latitude Zero	Director
1968	Destroy All Monsters	Director, Scriptwriter
1967	King Kong Escapes	Director
1966	The War of the Gargantuas	Director, Writer
1965	Frankenstein Conquers the World	Director
1965	Invasion of Astro-Monster	Director
1964	Dogora	Director
1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	Director
1964	Mothra vs. Godzilla	Director
1963	Atragon	Director
1963	Matango	Director
1962	Gorath	Director
1962	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Director
1961	Mothra	Director
1960	The Human Vapor	Director
1959	Battle in Outer Space	Director
1958	The H-Man	Director
1958	Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman	Director
1958	Song for a Bride	Director
1958	Varan	Director
1957	The Mysterians	Director
1957	Good Luck to These Two	Director
1957	A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister	Director
1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Director
1957	A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye	Director, Writer
1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Director, Scriptwriter
1956	Rodan	Director
1956	Night School	Director
1956	Tokyo no hito sayonara	Director, Writer
1956	Young Tree	Director, Writer
1955	Lovetide	Director
1955	Mother and Son	Director
1954	Godzilla	Actor, Director,
1954	Farewell Rabaul	Director
1953	Adolescence Part II	Director
1953	Eagle of the Pacific	Director
1952	The Man Who Came to Port	Director
1952	The Skin of the South	Director, Scriptwriter
1951	The Blue Pearl	Director, Writer
1950	Escape at Dawn	Assistant Director
1949	Stray Dog	Actor, Assistant Director	Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
1941	Horse	Assistant Director
1941	Horse	Assistant Director
1937	Humanity and Paper Balloons	Assistant Director
1937	Avalanche	Assistant Director, Second Unit