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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.
May 28, 2017 · We remember Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno and their infulence on the Japanese science fiction film genre as a whole.
Jun 14, 2008 · “The one and only time!” laughs Yoshimitsu Banno, director of 1971’s “Gojira tai Hedorah” (Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster), of the flying scene which would effectively prohibit him from directing any future features. The scene unfolds during the film’s final battle sequence.
Director Yoshimitsu Banno (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, The Last Days of Planet Earth) celebrates the centennial of Ishiro Honda (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra),...
Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光, Ban'no Yoshimitsu, March 30, 1931 – May 7, 2017) was a Japanese movie director and screenwriter. He was known for directing and writing the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah.
