Details On Yoshimitsu Banno's Passing

Above, J. D. Lees and Yoshimitsu Banno chat during a post-G-FEST lunch gathering in 2005. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Jiji Press, a Japanese news wire service, provided some details on the passing of Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno.

They wrote:

Tokyo, May 10 (Jiji Press)--Yoshimitsu Banno, a Japanese director best known for his film "Godzilla vs Hedorah," died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at his home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday. He was 86.

Above, Yoshimitsu Banno, second from right, at the Rainforest Cafe following G-FEST XII. Photo by Richard Pusateri.

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