Yojiro Takita
Directing
- Born
- December 4, 1955 (age 70) · 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.
Known for
Departures
September 13, 2008
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
January 18, 2003
Onmyoji
October 6, 2001
Secret
September 15, 1999
The Last Recipe
November 3, 2017
Ashura
April 16, 2005
Onmyoji II
October 4, 2003
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
December 20, 1986
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
January 4, 1984
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
August 1, 1984
The Yen Family
May 14, 1988
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
September 15, 2012
Behind the camera64
- 2023Silence of Smoke Director
- 2018Sakura Guardian in the North Director
- 2017The Last Recipe Director
- 2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Director, Screenplay
- 2009Making of "Departures" Director
- 2009Sanpei the Fisher Boy Director
- 2008Departures Director
- 2007The Battery Director
- 2005Ashura Director
- 2003Onmyoji II Director, Screenplay