Yoshimitsu Banno

Yoshimitsu Banno

Director · Producer · Writer

Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
March 30, 1931

Biography

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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Representative Works

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
7.0
/ English
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
6.7
/ English
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong
7.5
/ English
Godzilla
Godzilla
6.4
/ English
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
7.9
/ Japanese
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress
8.0
/ Japanese
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
7.7
/ Japanese
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
6.8
/ Japanese
Satan's Creature
Satan's Creature
No Rating Yet
/ English
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus
5.7
/ Japanese
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
6.5
/ Japanese
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
7.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024Nominee

Best Picture

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Nominee

Career Highlight

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla vs. Kong
2021Winner

Best Picture

Godzilla vs. Kong

Career Highlights

Godzilla
2014Highlight

Best Picture

Godzilla

Throne of Blood
1957Highlight

Best Director

Throne of Blood

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