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.
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Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
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Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...
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In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
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In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When...
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An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to con...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 2 | The Retreat from Kiska (1965) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 3 | The Bad Sleep Well (1960) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 4 | The Hidden Fortress (1958) | Director / Writer | 7.4 | |
| 5 | Throne of Blood (1957) | Director / Writer | 6.9 | |
| 6 | The Lower Depths (1957) | Director / Writer | - | - |
