# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ishiro-honda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:52.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ishiro-honda"
name: "Ishirō Honda"
slug: "ishiro-honda"
description: "Ishirō Honda  was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, with his films having a significant influence on the film industry. Despite directing many drama, war, documentary, and comedy films, Honda is best remembered for directing and co-creating the kaiju genre with special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya."
tagline: "Japanese filmmaker (1911–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishiro_Honda_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1911-05-07"
deathDate: "1993-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.626744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0393094"
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    url:       "http://www.ishirohonda.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump