Yojiro Takita
Director, Writer, Actor
December 4, 1955 (70 years)
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.
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
Filmography
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| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Accepting Award For Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2012 | Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Onmyoji 2 · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Silence of Smoke · as Director |
| 1984 | Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio · as Passenger On Train |
| 1978 | Chikan saishû densha · as Kan'ichiro Ozu, A Groper |
| 1983 | Niizuma mahiru no bôkô · as First Assistant Director |
| 1983 | Kinbaku: Hakui no tenshi · as First Assistant Director |
| 1983 | Wet Kimono · as Assistant Director |
| 1981 | Irezumi dorei fujin · as Assistant Director |
| 1979 | Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie · as Assistant Director |
| 1979 | Mr Akatsuka's Porno: Let's Try It One More Time with Feeling · as Assistant Director |
| 1979 | Nihon mitsukan gômonshi · as Second Assistant Director |
| 1979 | Yobai: Dote sagashi · as Assistant Director |
| 1978 | Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady · as Assistant Director |