Yoshimitsu Banno

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. King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima's.

• Name — Yoshimitsu Banno • Born — 30 March 1931 • Birthplace — Imabari, Ehime, Japan • Died — 7 May 2017 • Place of death — Kawasaki, Japan • Native Name — 坂野 義光 • Occupation — Director, screenwriter, producer

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

• 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)

• 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)