Yojiro Takita
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1955-12-04 · Toyama, Japan
Known for
- Departures (2008) — Director
- When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) — Director
- Onmyoji (2001) — Director
- Secret (1999) — Director
- The Last Recipe (2017) — Director
- Ashura (2005) — Director
- Onmyoji II (2003) — Director
- Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax (1986) — Director
- Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl (1984) — Director
- Sexy Timetrip Ninjas (1984) — Director
- The Yen Family (1988) — Director
- Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012) — Director
- High Noon Ripper (1984) — Director
- No More Comics! (1986) — Director
- Exposed School Swimsuits (1986) — Director
- We Are Not Alone (1993) — Director