Yoshimitsu Banno

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Yoshimitsu Banno
坂野 義光
Kawasaki, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer

Yoshimitsu Banno (坂野 義光, Banno Yoshimitsu, March 30, 1931 – May 7, 2017)

Legendary Pictures' Godzilla (2014), and has received posthumous executive producer credit for subsequent projects in the MonsterVerse. He died of subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2017. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima
's.

Filmography

Director

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

Executive producer

References

  1. ^ Blair, Gavin J (May 12, 2017). "'Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster' Director Yoshimitsu Banno Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Brett (May 9, 2017). "Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker: Remembering Yoshimitsu Banno". Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "【訃報】坂野義光氏=映画監督 : 社会 : 読売新聞(YOMIURI ONLINE)". Yomiuri Shimbun. May 10, 2017. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017.

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