Yoshimitsu Banno
Yoshimitsu Banno was a Japanese director, writer, and producer best known for his film, Godzilla vs. Hedorah. Banno joined Toho in 1955, studying under directors such as Mikio Naruse, Kengo Furusawa and Seiji Maruyama. He would begin his career as an assistant director under Akira Kurosawa. Banno would be instrumental in the revival of Godzilla at Legendary Pictures. He would serve as an executive producer for Legendary's Godzilla (2014), and following his death in 2017, received posthumous credits as an executive producer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
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Movies (24)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024 · Executive Producer
Godzilla vs Kong
2021 · Executive Producer
Godzilla 2: El rey de los monstruos
2019 · In Memory Of, Executive Producer
Godzilla
2014 · Executive Producer
The Wizard of Oz
1982 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
Techno Police 21C
1982 · Script, Writer
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981 · Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 · Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Cruel Famine Continent
1973 · Director
Satan's Creature
1972 · Director, Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 · Director, Lyricist, Screenplay, Underwater Camera
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 · Assistant Director
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 · First Assistant Director
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967 · Underwater Director of Photography
The Mad Atlantic
1966 · Assistant Director
Ironfinger
1965 · First Assistant Director
The Retreat from Kiska
1965 · Assistant Director
Tiger Flight
1964 · Assistant Director
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Assistant Director
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959 · Assistant Director
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Assistant Director
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · Second Assistant Director
The Lower Depths
1957 · Assistant Director
Throne of Blood
1957 · Assistant Director
