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Yoshimitsu Banno

Production · 1931–2017 · Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan

Biography

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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Filmography

2024Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireExecutive Producer
2023Monarch: Legacy of MonstersProducer
2021Godzilla vs. KongExecutive Producer
2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersIn Memory Of
2014GodzillaExecutive Producer
1982The Wizard of OzExecutive Producer
1982Techno Police 21CScript
1981The Last Days of Planet EarthCo-Director
1974Prophecies of NostradamusCo-Director
1973Cruel Famine ContinentDirector
1971Godzilla vs. HedorahDirector
1968Five Gents and a Chinese MerchantAssistant Director
1968Five Gents and Karate GrandpaFirst Assistant Director
1967Young Guy in the South PacificUnderwater Director of Photography
1966The Mad AtlanticAssistant Director
1965IronfingerFirst Assistant Director
1965The Retreat from KiskaAssistant Director
1964Tiger FlightAssistant Director
1960The Bad Sleep WellAssistant Director
1958The Hidden FortressAssistant Director
1958Holiday in TokyoSecond Assistant Director
1957The Lower DepthsAssistant Director
1957Throne of BloodAssistant Director

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