Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

Born 05/07/1911 prefektura Jamagata, Japan

Died 02/28/1993 (81 years old) Tokio, Japan

Biography (1)

Born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1911, Honda graduated from Nihon University College of Art before joining P.C.L. (now TOHO). He worked with Eiji Tsuburaya, directing special effect films, including Godzilla (1954), first of the blockbuster series, Mothra (1961), and Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), establishing the monster film genre and creating a boom. He's well known internationally because many of his films have been released overseas.

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Movies
1990

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

1977

Godzilla

1975

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1972

Miraman

1970

The Space Amoeba

1969

All Monsters Attack

 

Latitude Zero

1968

Destroy All Monsters

1967

King Kong Escapes

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1966

Ojome ni oide

 

The War of the Gargantuas

1965

Frankenstein Conquers the World

 

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1964

Dagora, the Space Monster

 

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

 

Godzilla vs. The Thing

1963

Atragon

 

Attack of the Mushroom People

1962

Gorath

 

King Kong vs. Godzilla

 

Varan the Unbelievable

1961

Mothra

 

Shinku no otoko

1960

The First Gas Human

1959

An Echo Calls You

 

Battle in Outer Space

 

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

 

Tecuwan tóšu inao monogatari

1958

Half Human

 

Song for a Bride

 

The H-Man

 

Varan the Unbelievable

1957

Godzilla

 

Kono futari ni sači are

 

Rainbow Plays in My Heart

 

Teapicker's Song of Goodbye

 

The Mysterians

 

Tokyo 1960

 

Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen: Oneesan to yonda hito

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

 

Night School

 

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

 

Rodan

 

Young Tree

1955

Lovetide

 

Mother and Son

 

The Snowman

1954

Godzilla

 

Saraba Rabauru

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific

 

Zoku shishunki

1952

Minato e kita otoko

 

The Skin of the South

1951

Aoi shinju

Series
1973

Kinkyû shirei 10-4 10-10

 

Zone Fighter

1972

The Return of Ultraman

 

Episode 51 (E51)

1971

Miraaman

 

The Return of Ultraman

 

Episode 9 (E09)

 

Episode 7 (E07)

 

Episode 2 (E02)

 

Episode 1 (E01)

Documentaries
1950

Ise Island

1949

A Story of a Co-op

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