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Yoshimitsu Banno

Name in Native Language: "坂野義光" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Executive Producer | * 03/30/1931 († 86, 05/07/2017) | Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan (Japan)
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. 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 subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2017. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima's. ()
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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 credit as an executive producer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Science Fiction

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Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. ...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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2024 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
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Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating cris ...

Godzilla

PG-13

2014 | 3.1/5 | 2h 3min
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and ...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

PG-13

2019 | 3.3/5 | 2h 12min
Science Fiction, Action
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In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a s ...

Godzilla vs. Kong

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2021 | 3.8/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Movies with Yoshimitsu Banno as Crew(19)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Production/Executive Producer2021 Godzilla vs. Kong
Crew/In Memory Of2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Production/Executive Producer2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Production/Executive Producer2014 Godzilla
Production/Executive Producer1982 The Wizard of Oz
Writing/Screenplay1982 The Wizard of Oz
Crew/Script1982 Techno Police 21C
Writing/Writer1982 Techno Police 21C
Writing/Writer1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
Directing/Director1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Writing/Writer1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Directing/Assistant Director1965 The Retreat from Kiska
Directing/Assistant Director1964 Tiger Flight
Directing/Assistant Director1960 The Bad Sleep Well
Directing/Second Assistant Director1958 A Holiday in Tokyo
Directing/Assistant Director1958 The Hidden Fortress
Directing/Assistant Director1957 The Lower Depths
Directing/Assistant Director1957 Throne of Blood

TV Shows/Series with Yoshimitsu Banno as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2023 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 03/30 1931 (March) in Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan (Japan)
Died: Sunday, 05/07 2017 (May) in Kawasaki (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: University of Tokyo
Other names for Yoshimitsu Banno (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"坂野 義光"
"ばんの よしみつ" (Kana/Japanese)
Yoshimitsu Banno frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (17x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (6x, Actor)
Michael Dougherty (6x, Crew)
Kazuo Yamasaki (6x, Crew)
Zach Shields (6x, Crew)
Yoshirô Muraki (6x, Crew)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (6x, Crew)
Takashi Shimura (5x, Actor)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (4x, Actor)
Mary Parent (4x, Crew)
Ethan van der Ryn (4x, Crew)
Matt Shakman (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:45855, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024