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Ishirō Honda

Director · 66 credits · 33 in highly-rated films

Best known for Godzilla (1954)

Frequent collaborators: Terry O. Morse

Directed movies (62 total, ranked by score)

  1. Battle in Outer Space

    1959 · ★ 5.9 (50 votes)

    Science Fiction, Action

    31

  2. The Blue Pearl

    1951

    Drama, Romance

    32

  3. The H-Man

    1958 · ★ 5.8 (44 votes)

    Science Fiction, Horror

    33

  4. Song for a Bride

    1958

    34

  5. The Man Who Came to Port

    1952 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    35

  6. The Skin of the South

    1952 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    36

  7. Latitude Zero

    1969 · ★ 5.9 (28 votes)

    Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

    37

  8. Mother and Son

    1955

    38

  9. Lovetide

    1955

    Comedy

    39

  10. Varan

    1958 · ★ 5.8 (37 votes)

    Science Fiction, Horror

    40

  11. Adolescence Part II

    1953

    Drama

    41

  12. Good Luck to These Two

    1957 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Romance

    42

  13. Rodan! The Flying Monster

    1957 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Science Fiction, Horror

    43

  14. A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister

    1957

    44

  15. Beast Man Snow Man

    1955 · ★ 4.6 (16 votes)

    Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure

    45

  16. The Story of Iron Arm Inao

    1959

    Comedy

    46

  17. Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

    1959

    47

  18. A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

    1957

    48

  19. A Story of a Co-op

    1949

    Documentary

    49

  20. Echo Mountain

    1959

    Romance

    50

  21. Tokyo 1960

    1957

    Action, Science Fiction, Horror

    51

  22. Ise-Shima

    1949

    Documentary

    52

  23. Young Tree

    1956

    Drama

    53

  24. Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    1957 · ★ 3.5 (12 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    54

  25. People of Tokyo, Goodbye

    1956

    55

  26. Varan the Unbelievable

    1962 · ★ 4.4 (32 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    56

  27. All Monsters Attack

    1969 · ★ 5.1 (223 votes)

    Fantasy, Science Fiction

    57

  28. A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

    1957

    Drama

    58

  29. A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye

    1957

    59

  30. Monsters of the Lost Continent

    1977

    Science Fiction

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.