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.
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6.3Silence of Smoke
2023 · Movie · Director
7.5Sakura Guardian in the North
2018 · Movie · Director
6.9The Last Recipe
2017 · Movie · Director
7.4Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012 · Movie · Director
Making of "Departures"
2009 · Movie · Director
4.0Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009 · Movie · Director
7.8Departures
2008 · Movie · Director
5.3The Battery
2007 · Movie · Director
5.3Ashura
2005 · Movie · Director
6.0Onmyoji II
2003 · Movie · Director
7.4When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003 · Movie · Director
6.3Onmyoji
2001 · Movie · Director