Directing
Ishirō Honda
1911-1993
Known for Ran, Godzilla, Kagemusha.
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Born05/05/1911
Died02/28/1993
AgeDied at 81
BirthplaceYamagata, Japan
DepartmentDirecting
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
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.
