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Ishirō Honda (Japanese: 本多 猪四郎 （ いしろう ）, Hepburn: Honda Ishirō, 7 May 1911 – 28 February 1993) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades.
Ishirô Honda (1911-1993) was a Japanese film director and the father of Godzilla. He also worked on several films by Akira Kurosawa and created many other monster movies.
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Oct 24, 2019 · Learn about the life and career of Ishiro Honda, the visionary filmmaker who created the giant-monster genre and used it to explore social and environmental themes. From his childhood fascination with cinema to his postwar struggles and triumphs, discover how Honda shaped the pop-culture icon of Godzilla and influenced generations of filmmakers.
May 6, 2024 · Honda Ishirō was a Japanese filmmaker who worked closely with Kurosawa Akira but was perhaps best known for his leading role in Japan’s kaijū eiga (“monster movie”) craze of the 1950s and ’60s, mostly through his direction of Gojira (1954; Godzilla) and several of its sequels.
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.
Everyone knows "Godzilla," the 1954 film that introduced Japan's most famous monster to the world. But the name of its director, Ishiro Honda, was for a long time only mentioned by foreign...
Oct 3, 2017 · A book about the influential Japanese director of science fiction and fantasy films, such as Godzilla, Mothra, and King Kong vs. Godzilla. Learn about his life, career, and collaborations with Akira Kurosawa and other filmmakers.
