Biography
Yoshimitsu Banno was a Japanese film director, best known for the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), which he directed and co-wrote. Banno was a special guest at G-Fest XII in 2005. He was an executive producer on Legendary Pictures' Godzilla (2014), and has received posthumous executive producer credit for subsequent projects in the MonsterVerse. He died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage on May 7, 2017 at his home in Kawasaki at the age of 86. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima's.
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Filmography11 titles
The Hidden Fortress
Throne of Blood
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
The Bad Sleep Well
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Lower Depths
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Ironfinger
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla