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Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光, Banno Yoshimitsu, March 30, 1931 – May 7, 2017) 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.
- Japanese
- March 30, 1931, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
- Director, screenwriter, producer
- May 7, 2017 (aged 86), Kawasaki, Japan
Yoshimitsu Banno. Producer: Godzilla. Yoshimitsu Banno studied at Toho under such directors as Hiromichi Horikawa, Mikio Naruse, Kengo Furusawa and Seiji Maruyama. By 1970 Toho was ready to promote him to full director, and the resulting project, Birth of the Japanese Islands (1970) played at Osaka's Expo 70, attracting record-breaking crowds.
- Yoshimitsu Banno
- May 7, 2017
- March 30, 1931
May 16, 2024 · Yoshimitsu Banno. Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光 Banno Yoshimitsu) was a Japanese director, writer, and producer best known for Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), which he directed and co-wrote. Banno was a special guest at G-Fest XII in 2005 and an executive producer for Legendary Pictures ' Godzilla (2014). He passed away on May 7, 2017, at the ...
May 28, 2017 · Yoshimitsu Banno: In Memoriam. The recent passing of Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) director Yoshimitsu Banno and the expected refocus on his limited involvement in Toho’s iconic monster movie franchise brought to mind two things regarding this series and the way fans react to it. The first concerns the making-of stories surrounding these movies ...
Yoshimitsu Banno. Producer: Godzilla. Yoshimitsu Banno studied at Toho under such directors as Hiromichi Horikawa, Mikio Naruse, Kengo Furusawa and Seiji Maruyama. By 1970 Toho was ready to promote him to full director, and the resulting project, Birth of the Japanese Islands (1970) played at Osaka's Expo 70, attracting record-breaking crowds. Gojira series producer Tomoyuki Tanaka signed him ...
- March 30, 1931
- May 7, 2017
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May 12, 2017 · Banno was an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa four times and also served as an executive producer on Legendary's 2014 'Godzilla.'. Japanese director Yoshimitsu Banno, who made his debut with ...
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 received a posthumous ...
