Actor
Yoshimitsu Banno
Born 1931 · Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
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.
Directed
Throne of Blood
Assistant Director · 1957
The Hidden Fortress
Assistant Director · 1958
The Bad Sleep Well
Assistant Director · 1960
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Director · 1971
The Lower Depths
Assistant Director · 1957
Tiger Flight
Assistant Director · 1964
The Retreat from Kiska
Assistant Director · 1965
Holiday in Tokyo
Second Assistant Director · 1958
The Mad Atlantic
Assistant Director · 1966
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
First Assistant Director · 1968
Ironfinger
First Assistant Director · 1965
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Co-Director · 1974
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Assistant Director · 1968
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Co-Director · 1981
Cruel Famine Continent
Director · 1973
