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Yojiro Takita

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
4

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 4, 1955 (70 years old)

Place of Birth
Toyama, Japan

Yojiro Takita

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

Directing

2023Silence of Smoke...Director
2018Sakura Guardian in the North...Director
2017The Last Recipe...Director
2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer...Director
2009Making of "Departures"...Director
2009Sanpei the Fisher Boy...Director
2008Departures...Director
2007The Battery...Director
2005Ashura...Director
2003Onmyoji II...Director
2003When the Last Sword Is Drawn...Director
2001Onmyoji...Director
1999Le Secret...Director
1999Secret...Director
1999The Exam...Director
1997Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi...Director
1994The Tropical People...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
1986Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax...Director
1986Exposed School Swimsuits...Director
1986Molester's Delivery Service...Director
1986Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken...Director
1986No More Comics!...Director
1985Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun...Director
1985Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall...Director
1985Molester's Tour Bus...Director
1985Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train...Director
1985Pink Physical Examination...Director
1985Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass...Director
1984The Bondage...Director
1984Molester's School Infirmary...Director
1984Sexy Timetrip Ninjas...Director
1984High Noon Ripper...Director
1984OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo...Director
1984Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio...Director
1984Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl...Director
1984Goodbye Boy...Director
1983Newlywed's Midday Assault...First Assistant Director
1983The Serial Rape Murderer...Director
1983Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass...Director
1983Bondage: Angel in White...First Assistant Director
1983Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi...Assistant Director
1983Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips...Director
1983Wet Kimono...Assistant Director
1983The True Story of the Element...Assistant Director
1983Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass...Director
1982Molester Train: Searching for Beans...Director
1982College Girl Business Trip to Tukey...First Assistant Director
1982Groper Train: Continue...Director
1981Molester and the Female Teacher...Director
1981Tattooed Slave Wife...Assistant Director
1980Seijo jigoku ezu...First Assistant Director
1979Bizarre Rose Makeup...Assistant Director
1979Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie...Assistant Director
1979Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again...Assistant Director
1979Savaged and Ravaged...Second Assistant Director
1979Night Visitors: Sex Hunt...Assistant Director
1978Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady...Assistant Director

Writing

2012Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer...Screenplay
2003Onmyoji II...Screenplay
1984OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo...Screenplay
1981Molester and the Female Teacher...Screenplay

Acting

2009Making of "Departures"as Himself
1992Rikon-zuma kaikan onanieas
1984Groper Train: Wedding Capriccioas Passenger on train
1978Groper's Last Trainas Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper