Production
Yoshimitsu Banno
EN, JA cinema · 23 credits
Born
30 March 1931
Died
7 May 2017 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
Also known as 坂野 義光 · Yoshimitsu Sakano
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
Filmography
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Executive Producer
Godzilla vs. Kong
Executive Producer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
In Memory Of, Executive Producer
Godzilla
Executive Producer
Techno Police 21C
Script, Writer
The Wizard of Oz
Screenplay, Executive Producer
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Satan's Creature
Director, Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Director, Lyricist, Screenplay, Underwater Camera
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
First Assistant Director
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Assistant Director
Young Guy in the South Pacific
Underwater Director of Photography
The Mad Atlantic
Assistant Director
The Retreat from Kiska
Assistant Director
Ironfinger
First Assistant Director
Tiger Flight
Assistant Director
The Bad Sleep Well
Assistant Director
Holiday in Tokyo
Second Assistant Director
The Hidden Fortress
Assistant Director
Throne of Blood
Assistant Director
The Lower Depths
Assistant Director