Yojiro Takita
Directing
Born: 1955-12-04 Β· Toyama, Japan
Biography
Yojiro Takita (ζ»η° ζ΄δΊι Takita YΕjirΕ, born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. His 2008 film Departures (γγγγ³γ¨ 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.
π¬ Movies (30)
Silence of Smoke
2023
Director
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018
Director
The Last Recipe
2017
Director
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
Director
Making of "Departures"
2009
Director
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009
Director
Departures
2008
Director
The Battery
2007
Director
Ashura
2005
Director
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
Director
Onmyoji II
2003
Director
Onmyoji
2001
Director
The Exam
1999
Director
Secret
1999
Director
Le Secret
1999
Director
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
Director
The Tropical People
1994
Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
Director
We Are Not Alone
1993
Director
Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie
1992
Yamai wa kikara: ByΓ΄in e ikΓ΄ 2
1992
Director
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
Director
The Yen Family
1988
Director
The Half Moon
1987
Director
No More Comics!
1986
Director
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
1986
Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
1986
Director
Exposed School Swimsuits
1986
Director
Molester's Delivery Service
1986
Director
Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass
1985
Director