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Yojiro Takita

Age · 70 Born · Dec 4, 1955 From · Toyama, Japan Films · 47

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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

Silence of Smoke poster

Silence of Smoke

Sakura Guardian in the North poster

Sakura Guardian in the North

The Last Recipe poster

The Last Recipe

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer poster

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Career timeline

2023

Silence of Smoke

2018

Sakura Guardian in the North Notable

2017

The Last Recipe

2012

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Notable

2009

Making of "Departures"

Sanpei the Fisher Boy

2008

Departures Notable

2007

2005

2003

When the Last Sword Is Drawn Notable

2001

1999

The Exam Notable

1997

Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi

1994

The Tropical People Notable

1993

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark Notable

We Are Not Alone

1992

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

1990

Let's Go to the Hospital Notable

1988

1987

1986

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax

Exposed School Swimsuits

Molester's Delivery Service

1985

Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun

Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall

Molester's Tour Bus

Frequently appears with

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Ryoko Shinohara

Shinji Sugawara

Full filmography

Silence of Smoke poster

Silence of Smoke

Sakura Guardian in the North poster

Sakura Guardian in the North

The Last Recipe poster

The Last Recipe

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer poster

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Making of "Departures" poster

Making of "Departures"

Sanpei the Fisher Boy poster

Sanpei the Fisher Boy

Departures poster

The Battery poster

Ashura poster

Onmyoji II poster

When the Last Sword Is Drawn poster

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Onmyoji poster

Le Secret poster

Secret poster

The Exam poster

Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi poster

Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi

The Tropical People poster

The Tropical People

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark poster

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 poster

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

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