Yojiro Takita

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.

Directing

2008

2005

Ashura
Movie

Director

2003

2001

Onmyoji
Movie

Director

1999

1999

Secret
Movie

Director

1999

1999

1999

1999

1987

1984

1984

1984

1983

Newlywed's Midday Assault
Movie

First Assistant Director

1983

Wet Kimono
Movie

Assistant Director

1981

Tattooed Slave Wife
Movie

Assistant Director

1981

Tattooed Slave Wife
Movie

Assistant Director

1980

Seijo jigoku ezu
Movie

First Assistant Director

1980

Seijo jigoku ezu
Movie

First Assistant Director

1979

Bizarre Rose Makeup
Movie

Assistant Director

1979

Bizarre Rose Makeup
Movie

Assistant Director

1979

1979

1979

Savaged and Ravaged
Movie

Second Assistant Director

1979

Writing

Acting

1978

Groper's Last Train
Movie

Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper

Infos

Full Name
Yojiro Takita
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
12/4/1955
Website
https://www.ateam-japan.com/ateam/takitayojiro/
Also Known As

Yôjirô Takita

Yōjirō Takita

小津貫一郎