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Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光, Banno Yoshimitsu, March 30, 1931 – May 7, 2017)[2][3] 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's American Godzilla films, Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). He died of subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2017. King of the Monsters was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima.

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Yoshimitsu Banno
坂野 義光
Banno in 1971
Born	(1931-03-30)March 30, 1931 Imabari, Ehime, Japan
Died	May 7, 2017(2017-05-07) (aged 86) Kawasaki, Japan[1]
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer

Filmography

Director

• Birth of the Japanese Islands (1970)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
• Ninja, the Wonder Boy (1985) (TV Series)

Assistant director

• Throne of Blood (1957)
• The Lower Depths (1957)
• The Hidden Fortress (1958)
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
• Nippon musekinin jidai (The Irresponsible Age of Japan) (1962)
• Nippon musekinin yaro (The Irresponsible Guys of Japan) (1962)
• Kyomo ware ozorami ari (1964)
• Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (Japan's Number One Braggart Man) (1964)
• Hyappatsu hyakuchu (1965)
• Taiheiyo kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (A Miraculous Military Operation in the Pacific Ocean: Kiska) (1965)
• Nikutai no gakko (School of the Flesh) (1965)
• Doto ichiman kairi (The Mad Atlantic) (1966)
• Kureji no musekinin Shimizu Minato (The Boss of Pickpocket Bay) (1966)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)

Writer

• Techno Police 21c (1982)
• The Wizard of Oz (1982)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen) (1974)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Executive producer

• Godzilla (2014)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (posthumous)
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) (posthumous)

References

External links

• Yoshimitsu Banno at IMDb

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