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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.
May 16, 2024 · 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).
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
Jun 14, 2008 · Learn how Yoshimitsu Banno created the bizarre and environmentalist 1971 film "Gojira tai Hedorah" (Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster) for Expo '70. Discover his influences, challenges and memories of making the only flying Godzilla scene.
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 (坂野義光?) is a 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 co-producer for Legendary Pictures' 2014 film Godzilla.
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.
