About
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
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire2024 · Executive Producer
Godzilla vs. Kong2021 · Executive Producer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · In Memory Of, Executive Producer
Godzilla2014 · Executive Producer
The Wizard of Oz1982 · Executive Producer, Screenplay
Techno Police 21C1982 · Script, Writer
The Last Days of Planet Earth1981 · Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Prophecies of Nostradamus1974 · Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Cruel Famine Continent1973 · Director
Godzilla vs. Hedorah1971 · Director, Lyricist, Screenplay
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant1968 · Assistant Director
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa1968 · First Assistant Director
Young Guy in the South Pacific1967 · Underwater Director of Photography
The Mad Atlantic1966 · Assistant Director
Ironfinger1965 · First Assistant Director
The Retreat from Kiska1965 · Assistant Director
Tiger Flight1964 · Assistant Director
The Bad Sleep Well1960 · Assistant Director
The Hidden Fortress1958 · Assistant Director
Holiday in Tokyo1958 · Second Assistant Director