Yoshimitsu Banno
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Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光 was a Banno Yoshimitsu)Japanese director, writer, and producer best known for Godzilla vs. Hedorah, 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. He passed away on May 7, 2017, at the age of 86. Legendary's next two Godzilla films, Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong, credit him posthumously as an executive producer, with a dedication to him in the credits of the former.
His memoir, Why I Let Godzilla Fly: 85-Year-Old Creator Yoshimitsu Banno, was published in 2016.
Biography
Selected filmography
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Director / screenwriter [with Takeshi Kimura] / underwater stunt double for Akira Yamauchi[1] / lyricist ("Return the Sun!")
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) - Screenwriter [credited for "adaption"; with Toshio Masuda] / associate director
- Godzilla (2014) - Executive producer
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - Executive producer [posthumous]
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - Executive producer [posthumous]
Unfilmed projects
- Godzilla vs. the Mutant Starfish
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah 2
- Godzilla 3-D - Director [with Keith Melton] / screenwriter
- Gamera 3-D
- Hedorah vs. Midora
- Shin Hedorah
Gallery
Yoshimitsu Banno with Gareth Edwards
Dedication to Yoshimitsu Banno and Haruo Nakajima in Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Notes
- ↑ Presently Imabari, Ehime.
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