Yoshimitsu Banno
Production
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
Production6
movieGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
Executive Producer
movieGodzilla vs. Kong
2021
Executive Producer
movieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Executive Producer
movieGodzilla
2014
Executive Producer
movieThe Wizard of Oz
1982
Executive Producer
Directing15
movieThe Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Co-Director
movieProphecies of Nostradamus
1974
Co-Director
movieCruel Famine Continent
1973
Director
movieGodzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Director
movieFive Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Assistant Director
movieFive Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
First Assistant Director
movieThe Mad Atlantic
1966
Assistant Director
movieIronfinger
1965
First Assistant Director
movieThe Retreat from Kiska
1965
Assistant Director
movieTiger Flight
1964
Assistant Director
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960
Assistant Director
movieThe Hidden Fortress
1958
Assistant Director
movieHoliday in Tokyo
1958
Second Assistant Director
movieThe Lower Depths
1957
Assistant Director
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Assistant Director
Writing5
movieThe Wizard of Oz
1982
Screenplay
movieThe Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieProphecies of Nostradamus
1974
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieGodzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Lyricist, Screenplay
Crew2
movieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
In Memory Of
Camera1
movieYoung Guy in the South Pacific
1967
Underwater Director of Photography