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Yoshimitsu Banno

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.

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Production

1982

[ ] The Wizard of Oz (Executive Producer)

2014

[ 4/10 ] Godzilla (Executive Producer)

2019

[ ] Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Executive Producer)

2021

[ ] Godzilla vs. Kong (Executive Producer)

2024

[ ] Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Executive Producer)

Crew

1982

[ ] Techno Police 21C (Script)

2019

[ ] Godzilla: King of the Monsters (In Memory Of)

Writing

1971

[ ] Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Lyricist)
[ ] Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Screenplay)

1974

[ ] Prophecies of Nostradamus (Screenplay)
[ ] Prophecies of Nostradamus (Adaptation)

1981

[ ] The Last Days of Planet Earth (Screenplay)
[ ] The Last Days of Planet Earth (Adaptation)

1982

[ ] The Wizard of Oz (Screenplay)
[ ] Techno Police 21C (Writer)

Directing

1957

[ 7/10 ] Throne of Blood (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Lower Depths (Assistant Director)

1958

[ ] Holiday in Tokyo (Second Assistant Director)
[ 7/10 ] The Hidden Fortress (Assistant Director)

1960

[ 6/10 ] The Bad Sleep Well (Assistant Director)

1964

[ ] Tiger Flight (Assistant Director)

1965

[ ] The Retreat from Kiska (Assistant Director)

1966

[ ] The Mad Atlantic (Assistant Director)

1968

[ ] Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (Assistant Director)

1971

[ ] Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Director)

1973

[ ] Cruel Famine Continent (Director)

1974

[ ] Prophecies of Nostradamus (Co-Director)

1981

[ ] The Last Days of Planet Earth (Co-Director)

Camera

1967

[ ] Young Guy in the South Pacific (Underwater Director of Photography)