
Director
Yojiro Takita
Born 1955 · Toyama, Japan
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.
Directed

Departures
Director · 2008

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Director · 2003

Secret
Director · 1999

The Last Recipe
Director · 2017

Onmyoji
Director · 2001

The Exam
Director · 1999

Nettai rakuen kurabu
Director · 1994

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Director · 1993

Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass
Director · 1983

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Director · 2012

Onmyoji II
Director · 2003

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
Director · 1986

Sakura Guardian in the North
Director · 2018
Molester and the Female Teacher
Director · 1981

Let's Go to the Hospital
Director · 1990

Ashura
Director · 2005

The Yen Family
Director · 1988

No More Comics!
Director · 1986



