Yojiro Takita
Directing
Biography
Yojiro Takita (滝田 洋二郎 Takita Yōjirō, born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. His 2008 film Departures (おくりびと Okuribito) won the Best Foreign Language Film at the U.S. 81st Academy Awards, in an upset over the Israeli Animated documentary, Waltz with Bashir. He also won the 2009 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, among other accolades, for the film.
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Movies (51)
Silence of Smoke2023Directing
Sakura Guardian in the North2018Directing
The Last Recipe2017Directing
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer2012Directing
Making of "Departures"2009Himself
Sanpei the Fisher Boy2009Directing
Departures2008Directing
The Battery2007Directing
Ashura2005Directing
Onmyoji II2003Directing
When the Last Sword Is Drawn2003Directing
Onmyoji2001Directing
Le Secret1999Directing
Secret1999Directing
The Exam1999Directing
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi1997Directing
The Tropical People1994Directing
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark1993Directing
We Are Not Alone1993Directing
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 21992Directing- Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie1992
Let's Go to the Hospital1990Directing
The Yen Family1988Directing
The Half Moon1987Directing
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax1986Directing
Exposed School Swimsuits1986Directing
Molester's Delivery Service1986Directing
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken1986Directing
No More Comics!1986Directing
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun1985Directing