Yoshimitsu Banno

was a Japanese film director, best known for the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which he directed and co-wrote. Banno was a special guest at G-Fest XII in 2005. He was an executive producer on Legendary Pictures' Godzilla (2014), and has received posthumous executive producer credit for subsequent projects in the MonsterVerse. He died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage on May 7, 2017 at his home in Kawasaki at the age of 86. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima's.

Filmography Director Birth of the Japanese Islands (1970) Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) (co-director) Ninja, the Wonder Boy (1985) (TV Series)

Assistant director Throne of Blood (1957) The Lower Depths (1957) The Hidden Fortress (1958) The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Nippon musekinin jidai (The Irresponsible Age of Japan) (1962) Nippon musekinin yaro (The Irresponsible Guys of Japan) (1962) Kyomo ware ozorami ari (1964) Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (Japan's Number One Braggart Man) (1964) Hyappatsu hyakuchu (1965) Taiheiyo kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (A Miraculous Military Operation in the Pacific Ocean: Kiska) (1965) Nikutai no gakko (School of the Flesh) (1965) Doto ichiman kairi (The Mad Atlantic) (1966) Kureji no musekinin Shimizu Minato (The Boss of Pickpocket Bay) (1966) Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)

Writer Techno Police 21c (1982) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Prophecies of Nostradamus (Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen) (1974) Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Executive producer Godzilla (2014) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (posthumous) Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) (posthumous) Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) (producer; posthumous) Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) (posthumous)