About
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.
Filmography
Silence of Smoke2023 · Director
Sakura Guardian in the North2018 · Director
The Last Recipe2017 · Director
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer2012 · Director, Screenplay
Making of "Departures"2009 · Director
Sanpei the Fisher Boy2009 · Director
Departures2008 · Director
The Battery2007 · Director
Ashura2005 · Director
Onmyoji II2003 · Director, Screenplay
When the Last Sword Is Drawn2003 · Director
Onmyoji2001 · Director
Le Secret1999 · Director
Secret1999 · Director
The Exam1999 · Director
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi1997 · Director
The Tropical People1994 · Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark1993 · Director
We Are Not Alone1993 · Director
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 21992 · Director