Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

Directing Dec 4, 1955 (71 years old) 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.

4 Acting Credits
63 Crew Credits

Acting

Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio Movie

Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

as Passenger on train

1984
Groper's Last Train Movie

Groper's Last Train

as Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper

1978
Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie Movie

Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie

1992
Making of "Departures" Movie

Making of "Departures"

as Himself

2009

Crew

Departures Movie

Departures

Director

2008
When the Last Sword Is Drawn Movie

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Director

2003
Onmyoji Movie

Onmyoji

Director

2001
Secret Movie

Secret

Director

1999
The Last Recipe Movie

The Last Recipe

Director

2017
Ashura Movie

Ashura

Director

2005
Onmyoji II Movie

Onmyoji II

Director

2003
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax Movie

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax

Director

1986
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl Movie

Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

Director

1984
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas Movie

Sexy Timetrip Ninjas

Director

1984
The Yen Family Movie

The Yen Family

Director

1988
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Movie

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Director

2012