Personal Info

Known For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

March 30, 1931

Died

May 7, 2017 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan

Also Known As

坂野義光
Yoshimitsu Sakano

IMDb Profile

Yoshimitsu Banno

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.