

Yoshimitsu Banno
Producer · Director · WriterYoshimitsu 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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The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Co-Director

Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Co-Director

Cruel Famine Continent
1973
Director

Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Director

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
First Assistant Director

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Assistant Director

The Mad Atlantic
1966
Assistant Director

The Retreat from Kiska
1965
Assistant Director

Ironfinger
1965
First Assistant Director

Tiger Flight
1964
Assistant Director

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Assistant Director

Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Second Assistant Director

The Hidden Fortress
1958
Assistant Director

The Lower Depths
1957
Assistant Director

Throne of Blood
1957
Assistant Director












