Ishirō Honda

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Ishirō Honda (1954)

Ishirō Honda , in the west mostly led by Inoshiro Honda , ( Japanese 本 多 猪 四郎 , Honda Ishirō ; born May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture , Japan , † February 28, 1993 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese film director . His first name is often read Inoshirō.

After studying art, Honda worked from 1933 at Studio PCL, later Toho , as an assistant director and documentary filmmaker . His career was repeatedly interrupted by lengthy military service; Honda was a Chinese prisoner of war for a year. After the war he returned to the Toho and assisted, among others, Akira Kurosawa with his A stray dog, shot in 1949 . Honda had a lifelong friendship with Kurosawa.

1951 made Honda his first feature film. In the war films Taiheiyō no Washi (1953) and Saraba Rabauru (1954) he worked for the first time with the trick specialist Tsuburaya Eiji , with whom he later made a myriad of monster and science fiction films. Godzilla , released in 1954, became a worldwide hit and classic. Together with the color film he shot in 1956, The Flying Monsters of Osaka with the Monster Rodan , Godzilla marked the beginning of the Japanese monster film, which enjoyed great success until the 1970s . In the 1970s, Honda withdrew from the film business.

Since 1980 he worked again with Kurosawa and worked on all of Kurosawa's films as a consultant, assistant director or screenwriter. In Akira Kurosawa's dreams he even staged individual episodes on his own initiative.

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SURNAME Honda, Ishirō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Honda Ishiro, 本 多 猪 四郎 (Japanese); Honda, Inoshiro (western spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Yamagata Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1993
Place of death Tokyo , Japan