Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

Known for
Directing
Born
December 4, 1955 (age 70)
Birthplace
Toyama, Japan

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

Filmography

2023
Silence of Smoke poster

Silence of Smoke

Movie · Director

2018
Sakura Guardian in the North poster

Sakura Guardian in the North

Movie · Director

2017
The Last Recipe poster

The Last Recipe

Movie · Director

2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer poster

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Movie · Director

2009
Sanpei the Fisher Boy poster

Sanpei the Fisher Boy

Movie · Director

2009
Making of "Departures" poster

Making of "Departures"

Movie · Director

2008
Departures poster

Departures

Movie · Director

2007
The Battery poster

The Battery

Movie · Director

2005
Ashura poster

Ashura

Movie · Director

2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn poster

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Movie · Director

2003
Onmyoji II poster

Onmyoji II

Movie · Director

2001
Onmyoji poster

Onmyoji

Movie · Director

1999
The Exam poster

The Exam

Movie · Director

1999
Secret poster

Secret

Movie · Director

1999
Le Secret poster

Le Secret

Movie · Director

1997
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi poster

Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi

Movie · Director

1994
The Tropical People poster

The Tropical People

Movie · Director

1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark poster

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Movie · Director

1993
We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

Movie · Director

1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 poster

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

Movie · Director

1990
Let's Go to the Hospital poster

Let's Go to the Hospital

Movie · Director

1988
The Yen Family poster

The Yen Family

Movie · Director

1987
The Half Moon poster

The Half Moon

Movie · Director

1986
No More Comics! poster

No More Comics!

Movie · Director

1986
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax poster

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax

Movie · Director

1986
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken poster

Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken

Movie · Director

1986
Exposed School Swimsuits poster

Exposed School Swimsuits

Movie · Director

1986
Molester's Delivery Service poster

Molester's Delivery Service

Movie · Director

1985
Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass poster

Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass

Movie · Director

1985
Molester's Tour Bus poster

Molester's Tour Bus

Movie · Director

1985
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall poster

Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall

Movie · Director

1985
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun poster

Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun

Movie · Director

1985
Pink Physical Examination poster

Pink Physical Examination

Movie · Director

1985
Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train poster

Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train

Movie · Director

1984
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo poster

OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo

Movie · Director

1984
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl poster

Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

Movie · Director

1984
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio poster

Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

Movie · Director

1984
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas poster

Sexy Timetrip Ninjas

Movie · Director

1984
The Bondage poster

The Bondage

Movie · Director

1984
High Noon Ripper poster

High Noon Ripper

Movie · Director

1984
Molester's School Infirmary poster

Molester's School Infirmary

Movie · Director

1984
Goodbye Boy poster

Goodbye Boy

Movie · Director

1983
Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi poster

Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi

Movie · Assistant Director

1983
The Serial Rape Murderer poster

The Serial Rape Murderer

Movie · Director

1983
Wet Kimono poster

Wet Kimono

Movie · Assistant Director

1983
Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass poster

Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass

Movie · Director

1983
Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips poster

Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips

Movie · Director

1983
Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass poster

Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass

Movie · Director

1983
Bondage: Angel in White poster

Bondage: Angel in White

Movie · First Assistant Director

1983
Newlywed's Midday Assault poster

Newlywed's Midday Assault

Movie · First Assistant Director

1983
The True Story of the Element poster

The True Story of the Element

Movie · Assistant Director

1982
Molester Train: Searching for Beans poster

Molester Train: Searching for Beans

Movie · Director

1982
Groper Train: Continue poster

Groper Train: Continue

Movie · Director

1982
College Girl Business Trip to Tukey

College Girl Business Trip to Tukey

Movie · First Assistant Director

1981
Tattooed Slave Wife

Tattooed Slave Wife

Movie · Assistant Director

1981
Molester and the Female Teacher poster

Molester and the Female Teacher

Movie · Director

1980
Seijo jigoku ezu

Seijo jigoku ezu

Movie · First Assistant Director

1979
Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie poster

Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

Movie · Assistant Director

1979
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again poster

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again

Movie · Assistant Director

1979
Night Visitors: Sex Hunt poster

Night Visitors: Sex Hunt

Movie · Assistant Director

1979
Savaged and Ravaged poster

Savaged and Ravaged

Movie · Second Assistant Director

1979
Bizarre Rose Makeup

Bizarre Rose Makeup

Movie · Assistant Director

1978
Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady poster

Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady

Movie · Assistant Director

1978
Depaato girl: Kôkotsu sanshimai poster

Depaato girl: Kôkotsu sanshimai

Movie · Assistant Director