# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshimitsu-banno
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:20:20.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshimitsu-banno"
name: "Yoshimitsu Banno"
slug: "yoshimitsu-banno"
description: "Yoshimitsu Banno  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. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) was dedicated to his memory along with Haruo Nakajima's."
tagline: "Japanese film director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Yoshimitsu_Banno.jpg/330px-Yoshimitsu_Banno.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1931-03-30"
deathDate: "2017-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.364797333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/2014banno"
    handle:    "2014banno"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052419/"
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    title: "ياوشيميتسو بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump