Yojiro Takita

Actor · Director· Toyama, Japan

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

20 credits across 2 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2017	The Last Recipe	Director	Film
2012	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer	Director	Film
2009	Sanpei the Fisher Boy	Director	Film
2007	The Battery	Director	Film
2005	Ashura	Director	Film
2003	Onmyoji II	Director	Film
2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Director	Film
2001	Onmyoji	Director	Film
1999	Secret	Director	Film
1999	The Exam	Director	Film
1993	The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark	Director	Film
1992	Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2	Director	Film
1988	The Yen Family	Director	Film
1987	The Half Moon	Director	Film
1986	Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax	Director	Film
1986	No More Comics!	Director	Film
1984	Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio	Passenger on train	Film
1984	Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl	Director	Film
1984	Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio	Director	Film
1984	Sexy Timetrip Ninjas	Director	Film

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