Yojiro Takita
Born
4 December 1955 (70)
Place of Birth
Toyama, Japan
Also known as
Yôjirô Takita , Yōjirō Takita
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.
Filmography (40)
Silence of Smoke
2023
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018
The Last Recipe
2017
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
Making of "Departures"
2009
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009
Departures
2008
The Battery
2007
Ashura
2005
Onmyoji II
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
Onmyoji
2001
Le Secret
1999
🎬 Director
Secret
1999
The Exam
1999
🎬 Director
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
🎬 Director
Nettai rakuen kurabu
1994
🎬 Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
🎬 Director
We Are Not Alone
1993
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie
1992
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
The Yen Family
1988
The Half Moon
1987
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
1986
Exposed School Swimsuits
1986
Molester's Delivery Service
1986
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
1986
No More Comics!
1986
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
1985
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall
1985
Molester's Tour Bus
1985
Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train
1985
Pink Physical Examination
1985
Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass
1985
The Bondage
1984
Molester's School Infirmary
1984
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
1984
High Noon Ripper
1984
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo
1984