Actor

Ishirō Honda

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 92Series: 2Crew credits: 88

TMDB ID: 18598

IMDb ID: nm0393094

Known for: Directing

Born: May 5, 1911

Died: February 28, 1993

Age: 81

Place of birth: Yamagata, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1935 - 2025

Years active: 91

Average TMDB rating: 6.72

Wikidata: Q150840

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

Other jobs

Director (58)Assistant Director (17)Writer (4)Lyricist (3)Characters (1)Creative Consultant (1)Editor (1)Production Manager (1)

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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.