Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Directed 83
1990s
- 1993
- 1991
1980s
- 1985
- 1984
Godzilla Fantasia
Director
- 1980
1970s
- 1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Director
Monsters of the Lost Continent
Director
- 1975
- 1973
Katango's War
Director
Zone Fighter
Director
- 1972
Mirrorman
Director
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Latitude Zero
Director
- 1968
- 1967
King Kong Escapes
Director
- 1966
Come Marry Me
Director
- 1965
- 1964
Dogora
Director
- 1963
- 1962
Gorath
Director
- 1961
A Man in Red
Director
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Director
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Director
- 1958
Varan
Director
Song for a Bride
Director
- 1957
The Mysterians
Director
Tokyo 1960
Director
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Director
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
Director
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Director
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Director
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Director
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Director
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Director
Good Luck to These Two
Director
- 1956
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Director
Night School
Director
Young Tree
Director
- 1955
Beast Man Snow Man
Director
Mother and Son
Director
Lovetide
Director
- 1954
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
1940s
- 1949
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
1930s
- 1938
Subterranean Heat
Assistant Director
- 1937
The Beautiful Hawk
Assistant Director
Avalanche
Assistant Director
- 1936
Enoken’s Ten Millions
Second Assistant Director
- 1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Assistant Director
Wrote 22
2000s
- 2001
Moses vs. Godzilla
Characters
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
- 1992
- 1991
1980s
- 1986
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Writer
1970s
- 1977
- 1973
Katango's War
Screenplay
1960s
- 1968
- 1966
- 1964
- 1961
1950s
- 1957
Tokyo 1960
Screenplay
A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
Writer
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Screenplay
- 1956
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Writer
Young Tree
Writer
- 1954
- 1952
The Skin of the South
Screenplay
- 1951
The Blue Pearl
Writer
1940s
- 1949
Ise-Shima
Screenplay
Acted in 7
2020s
- 2025
Searching For Kurosawa
Movie
1990s
- 1994
- 1993
1980s
- 1988
1950s
- 1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Substation worker (uncredited)
- 1954
1940s
- 1949
Other crew 2
1990s
- 1990
1960s
- 1969
Edited 1
1990s
- 1993
Visual effects 1
1960s
- 1969
Produced 1
1930s
- 1938
Chocolate and Soldiers
Production Manager
Appearances4
2020s
- 2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Himself (Archivial Footage)
1990s
- 1990
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1980s
- 1986
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Self
- 1985
A. K.
Self