Yoshimitsu Banno
Known for production · Born 30 March 1931 · Died 7 May 2017 · aged 86 · Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
24 credits
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.
Known for
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
Godzilla
2014
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
The Wizard of Oz
1982
Techno Police 21C
1982
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Cruel Famine Continent
1973