was a Japanese film director, best known for the cult-classic Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), 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. ' (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
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