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.
Produced 6
Directed 17
1980s
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Co-Director
1970s
- 1974
- 1973
Cruel Famine Continent
Director
- 1972
Satan's Creature
Director
- 1971
1960s
- 1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
First Assistant Director
- 1966
The Mad Atlantic
Assistant Director
- 1965
Ironfinger
First Assistant Director
The Retreat from Kiska
Assistant Director
- 1964
Tiger Flight
Assistant Director
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Assistant Director
- 1958
Holiday in Tokyo
Second Assistant Director
- 1957
The Lower Depths
Assistant Director
Wrote 6
1980s
- 1982
Techno Police 21C
Writer
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Screenplay, Adaptation
1970s
- 1974
- 1972
Satan's Creature
Screenplay
- 1971
Other crew 2
2010s
- 2019
1980s
- 1982
Techno Police 21C
Script
