Yojiro Takita

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-12-04 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Toyama, Japan

Also Known As Yôjirô Takita , Yōjirō Takita

Yojiro Takita

Biography

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

Director

2023
Silence of Smoke

as Director

2017
The Last Recipe

as Director

2009
2008
Departures

as Director

2007
The Battery

as Director

2005
Ashura

as Director

1999
The Exam

as Director

1999
Secret

as Director

1994
1993
We Are Not Alone

as Director

1990
1988
The Yen Family

as Director

1987
The Half Moon

as Director

1986
No More Comics!

as Director

1986
1986
Chikan takuhaibin

as Director

1985
1984
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo

as Director

1984
1984
The Bondage

as Director

1984
High Noon Ripper

as Director

1984
Goodbye Boy

as Director

1983
Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi

as Assistant Director

1983
1979
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie

as Assistant Director

1979
Yobai: Dote sagashi

as Assistant Director

Writer