Ishirō Honda

Japanese filmmaker (1911–1993)

Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, with his films having a significant influence on the film industry. Despite directing many drama, war, documentary, and comedy films, Honda is best remembered for directing and co-creating the kaiju genre with special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 13 films (1955–1975) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1975	Terror of Mechagodzilla	Ishirō Honda	83 min		Color
1971	Godzilla's revenge	a Toho Company, Ltd. Production ; produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka ; written by Shinichi Sekizawa ; directed by Ishirō Honda.	80	16mm	Color	sound
1968	King Kong Escapes.	Universal Pictures	104 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	Frankenstein Conquers The World.	American International Pictures	94 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	War of the gargantuas	$h [motion pictures]/ Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises ; presenter, United Productions of America ; executive producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Henry G. Saperstein and Reuben Bercovitch ; writer, Kaoru Mabuchi and Inoshiro Honda ; direction, Inoshiro Honda.	89	16mm	Color	sound
1964	Godzilla Vs The Thing	unknown	90	16mm	Color	sound
1962	Gorath	Ishirō Honda	88 min		Color
1961	Mothra	Ideal Pictures Inc	101 min	16mm	Color	sound
1959	The Mysterians.	RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.	89 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1958	Varan the Unbelievable	Ishiro Honda	87 min		B&W
1957	Half Human.	Distributors Corp. of America	70 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1956	Rodan	Ishirō Honda	82 min		Color
1955	Half Human	Ishirō Honda	63 min		Color & B&W