
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