Category: Directed by Banno Yoshimitsu

  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971, Banno Yoshimitsu)

    Fun, odd-ball Godzilla movie has the monster defending Japan from a giant radioactive sludge monster. Director Banno uses the film to make an impassioned environmental statement and, against the odds (and despite a terrible suit for the sludge monster, Hedorah), he succeeds. Great special effects otherwise. Banno goes all in on his Godzilla as Japan’s…