Yoshimitsu Banno
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.

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Executive Producer
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Executive Producer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Executive Producer | In Memory Of
Godzilla (2014)
Executive Producer
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Screenplay | Executive Producer
Techno Police 21C (1982)
Script | Writer
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Screenplay | Co-Director
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Director | Writer
The Young Ace in the South Pacific (1967)
Underwater Director of Photography
The Mad Atlantic (1966)
Assistant Director
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
Assistant Director
Tiger Flight (1964)
Assistant Director
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Assistant Director
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Assistant Director
A Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
Second Assistant Director
The Lower Depths (1957)
Assistant Director
Throne of Blood (1957)
Assistant Director