Yoshimitsu Banno
Personal Info
Know For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-03-30 (86 years old)
Deathday
2017-05-07
Place of Birth
Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
Also known As
坂野 義光
Yoshimitsu Sakano
Yoshimitsu Banno
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.
Production
1982
as Script
1982
as Executive Producer
1982
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
2014
as Executive Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
2019
as In Memory Of
1966
as Assistant Director
1973
as Director
1967
as Underwater Director of Photography
1982
as Writer
1965
as Assistant Director
1964
as Assistant Director
2021
as Executive Producer
2019
as Executive Producer
1958
as Second Assistant Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1958
as Assistant Director
1974
as Co-Director
1981
as Co-Director
1974
as Screenplay
1981
as Screenplay
1974
as Adaptation
1981
as Adaptation
1971
as Lyricist
1971
as Screenplay
1968
as First Assistant Director
1968
as Assistant Director
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