Yoshimitsu Banno

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 Legendarys 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