Yojiro Takita
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2023Silence of Smoke
Director
2018Sakura Guardian in the North
Director
2017The Last Recipe
Director
2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Director & Screenplay
2009Sanpei the Fisher Boy
Director
2009Making of "Departures"
Director
2008Departures
Director
2007The Battery
Director
2005Ashura
Director
2003When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Director
2003Onmyoji II
Director & Screenplay
2001Onmyoji
Director
1999The Exam
Director
1999Secret
Director
1999Le Secret
Director
1997Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
Director
1994Nettai rakuen kurabu
Director
1993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Director
1993We Are Not Alone
Director
1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Director
1990Let's Go to the Hospital
Director
1988The Yen Family
Director
1987The Half Moon
Director
1986No More Comics!
Director