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- Honda Ishiro "Gojira" to waga eiga jinsei
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Film & TV
Directing · Yamagata, Japan
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…
Known for
- Turning Point1994
- Samurai Kids — Grandfather1993
- Making of 'Dreams' — Self1990
- The Discarnates — Restaurant Owner1988
- Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection — Self1986
- A. K. — Self1985
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean — Substation worker (uncredited)1957
- Godzilla — Substation Worker (uncredited)1954
- Stray Dog — Fleeing Villain (uncredited)1949
- Searching For Kurosawa
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1911
- Active to
- 1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode
· 1972 · cited 31,975x
- Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells
· 2013 · cited 4,969x
- Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria
· 2009 · cited 4,084x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,666x
- Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous
<i>Clostridium</i>
Species
· 2011 · cited 3,386x
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Quotes
- “I don't really have a positive or negative opinion about them [the Heisei Godzilla films]. The special effects technically are very sophisticated, but the films lack imagination. It seems as if all Toho is trying to do is show things being destroyed. I don't fault the members of the production department, though, because I know that that is what Toho's executives are demanding.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1911-05-07 ) 7 May 1911, Asahi, Yamagata , Empire of Japan
- Died
- 28 February 1993 (1993-02-28) (aged 81), Setagaya, Tokyo , Japan
- Resting place
- Fuji Cemetery, Oyama , Shizuoka , Japan, 35°22′11″N 138°54′28″E / 35.3696°N 138.9079°E / 35.3696; 138.9079
- Alma mater
- Nihon University
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter film editor actor
- Years active
- 1934–1992
- Known for
- Godzilla (1954) Rodan (1956) Mothra (1961) King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) The War of the Gargantuas (1966) Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Spouse
- Kimi Yamazaki ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 )
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Service years
- 1934–1946
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Conflicts
- Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
- Kanji
- 本多 猪四郎
- Hiragana
- ほんだ いしろう
- Romanization
- Honda Ishirō
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Yamagata
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Nihon University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Field of work
- television
- Official website
- www.ishirohonda.com
- Image
- Ishiro Honda (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Japan
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- Ishirō Honda
- date of birth
- 1911-05-07
- date of death
- 1993-02-28
- name in kana
- ほんだ いしろう
- name in native language
- 本多猪四郎
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Ishirō Honda
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Websiteishirohonda.com Signature
Ishirō Honda (Japanese: 本多 猪（い）四（し）郎（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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ishirō Honda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.