Ishirō Honda

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.7605

Gender

Male

Birthday

05-May-1911

Age

(115 years old)

Place of Birth

Yamagata, Japan

Also Known As

本多猪四郎
Исиро Хонда
혼다 이시로
이시로 혼다
Inoshiro Honda
Inoshira Honda
I. Honda
Honda Ishirō
Honda Inoshirō
Yinoshiro Honda

Ishirō Honda

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.

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黒澤明を探して (2025) Character: N/A
Searching for Kurosawa chronicles Kawamura Mitsuhiko’s journey from the set of Kurosawa’s Ran in 1985 to its final release three decades later. Now, with the rediscovered clips and Mitsuhiko’s own recollections, the film pieces together an intimate portrait of cinema’s “Emperor,” revealing how a young cinephile’s passion helped preserve invaluable fragments of film history. In the course of unearthing lost footage, Kawamura’s life takes an ironic course; he loved movies so much that his life became a movie.

映画の肖像黒澤明大林宣彦映画的対話 MAKING OF 'DREAMS' (1990) Character: Self
This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.

水の旅人－侍KIDS－ (1993) Character: Grandfather
With the help of a six-inch-tall ancient samurai warrior, a lonely young environmentalist finds self-confidence and new companionship in protecting Japan's beautiful naturality from human mismanagement.

Godzilla, le Monstre de L'Océan Pacifique (1957) Character: Substation worker (uncredited)
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone market. Released by Les Films du Verseau.

野良犬 (1949) Character: Fleeing Villain (uncredited)
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

ゴジラ (1954) Character: Substation Worker (uncredited)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

女ざかり (1994) Character: N/A
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

A. K. (1985) Character: Self
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

東宝特撮未使用フィルム大全集 (1986) Character: Self
A collection of deleted scenes and bloopers from the library of Toho Studios films, including several films from the famous Godzilla franchise.

異人たちとの夏 (1988) Character: Restaurant Owner
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

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