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.

Crew

Techno Police 21C

Script, Writer

The Wizard of Oz

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Director, Lyricist, Screenplay

Godzilla

Executive Producer

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Executive Producer

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

In Memory Of, Executive Producer

The Mad Atlantic

Assistant Director

Cruel Famine Continent

Director

Young Guy in the South Pacific

Underwater Director of Photography

The Retreat from Kiska

Assistant Director

Tiger Flight

Assistant Director

Godzilla vs. Kong

Executive Producer

Holiday in Tokyo

Second Assistant Director

The Bad Sleep Well

Assistant Director

Throne of Blood

Assistant Director

The Lower Depths

Assistant Director

The Hidden Fortress

Assistant Director

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation

The Last Days of Planet Earth

Co-Director, Screenplay, Adaptation

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

First Assistant Director

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Assistant Director