Yoshimitsu Banno
Born: 1931-03-30 in Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
Died: 2017-05-07
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2024
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters ... (Producer)
2021
- Godzilla vs. Kong ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters ... (In Memory Of)
2014
- Godzilla ... (Executive Producer)
1982
- The Wizard of Oz ... (Screenplay)
- Techno Police 21C ... (Script)
1981
- The Last Days of Planet Earth ... (Co-Director)
1974
- Prophecies of Nostradamus ... (Co-Director)
1973
- Cruel Famine Continent ... (Director)
1971
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah ... (Director)
1968
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant ... (Assistant Director)
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa ... (First Assistant Director)
1967
- Young Guy in the South Pacific ... (Underwater Director of Photography)
1966
- The Mad Atlantic ... (Assistant Director)
1965
- The Retreat from Kiska ... (Assistant Director)
1964
- Tiger Flight ... (Assistant Director)
1960
- The Bad Sleep Well ... (Assistant Director)
1958
- The Hidden Fortress ... (Assistant Director)
- Holiday in Tokyo ... (Second Assistant Director)
1957
- Throne of Blood ... (Assistant Director)
- The Lower Depths ... (Assistant Director)