Ishirō Honda

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Japanese film director film director human kaiju film director screenwriter

Ishirō Honda was a Japanese film director best known for pioneering the kaiju genre with classics like the original Godzilla and other iconic monster movies.

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Label Occurrences
Ishirō Honda canonical 12
Ishiro Honda 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film director ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
kaiju film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
birthDate 1911-05-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Asahi, Yamagata, Japan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
deathDate 1993-02-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
directed Destroy All Monsters ⓘ
King Ghidorah ⓘ
surface form: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Godzilla ⓘ
Matango ⓘ
Mothra ⓘ
Rodan ⓘ
Terror of Mechagodzilla ⓘ
The Mysterians ⓘ
War of the Gargantuas ⓘ
employer Toho ⓘ
surface form: Toho Co., Ltd.
genre fantasy film ⓘ
kaiju film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
knownFor directing the original Godzilla ⓘ
pioneering the kaiju genre ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
militaryService Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
name Ishirō Honda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ishiro Honda

Ishirō Honda self-link ⓘ
nativeName 本多 猪四郎 ⓘ
notableWork All Monsters Attack ⓘ
Atragon ⓘ
Battle in Outer Space ⓘ
Destroy All Monsters ⓘ
Frankenstein vs. Baragon ⓘ
King Ghidorah ⓘ
surface form: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Godzilla ⓘ
Godzilla Raids Again ⓘ
Gorath ⓘ
Invasion of Astro-Monster ⓘ
King Kong vs. Godzilla ⓘ
Matango ⓘ
Mothra ⓘ
Rodan ⓘ
Terror of Mechagodzilla ⓘ
The Mysterians ⓘ
War of the Gargantuas ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
spouse Kimi Honda ⓘ

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Rodan → creator → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
Godzilla → createdBy → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
Toho → collaboratedWith → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962 film) → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong Escapes (1967 film) → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
subject surface form: King Kong Escapes
Ishirō Honda → name → Ishirō Honda self-link ⓘ
Ishirō Honda → name → Ishirō Honda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishiro Honda
Rodan (1956 film) → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
Invasion of Astro-Monster → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
Destroy All Monsters → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
Destroy All Monsters → screenwriter → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
"Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964) → director → Ishirō Honda ⓘ
subject surface form: Mothra vs. Godzilla
Gojira → creator → Ishirō Honda ⓘ