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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.
- Japanese
- March 30, 1931, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
- Director, screenwriter, producer
- May 7, 2017 (aged 86), Kawasaki, Japan
Yoshimitsu Banno. Second Unit Director or Assistant Director. Producer. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Yoshimitsu Banno studied at Toho under such directors as Hiromichi Horikawa, Mikio Naruse, Kengo Furusawa and Seiji Maruyama.
- Yoshimitsu Banno
- May 7, 2017
- March 30, 1931
5 days ago · 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).
May 28, 2017 · We remember Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno and their infulence on the Japanese science fiction film genre as a whole.
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.
- March 30, 1931
- May 7, 2017
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May 12, 2017 · Japanese director Yoshimitsu Banno, who made his debut with Godzilla vs. Hedorah in 1971, died Sunday of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at his home in Kawasaki, Japan. He was 86.