Yojiro Takita

Known for: Directing
Born: December 4, 1955, Toyama, Japan
Movies: 53

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Departures

2008

7.4

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003

6.3

Onmyoji

2001

6.9

Secret

1999

6.9

The Last Recipe

2017

5.3

Ashura

2005

6.0

Onmyoji II

2003

6.2

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax

1986

4.4

Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

1984

4.7

Sexy Timetrip Ninjas

1984

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

2023	Silence of Smoke	Director
2018	Sakura Guardian in the North	Director
2017	The Last Recipe	Director
2012	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer	Director, Screenplay
2009	Making of "Departures"	Director
2009	Sanpei the Fisher Boy	Director
2008	Departures	Director
2007	The Battery	Director
2005	Ashura	Director
2003	Onmyoji II	Director, Screenplay
2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Director
2001	Onmyoji	Director
1999	Le Secret	Director
1999	Secret	Director
1999	The Exam	Director
1997	Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi	Director
1994	The Tropical People	Director
1993	The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark	Director
1993	We Are Not Alone	Director
1992	Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2	Director
1990	Let's Go to the Hospital	Director
1988	The Yen Family	Director
1987	The Half Moon	Director
1986	Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax	Director
1986	Exposed School Swimsuits	Director
1986	Molester's Delivery Service	Director
1986	Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken	Director
1986	No More Comics!	Director
1985	Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun	Director
1985	Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall	Director
1985	Molester's Tour Bus	Director
1985	Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train	Director
1985	Pink Physical Examination	Director
1985	Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass	Director
1984	The Bondage	Director
1984	Molester's School Infirmary	Director
1984	Sexy Timetrip Ninjas	Director
1984	High Noon Ripper	Director
1984	OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo	Director, Screenplay
1984	Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio	Director
1984	Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl	Director
1984	Goodbye Boy	Director
1983	The Serial Rape Murderer	Director
1983	Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass	Director
1983	Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips	Director
1983	Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass	Director
1982	Molester Train: Searching for Beans	Director
1982	Groper Train: Continue	Director
1981	Molester and the Female Teacher	Director, Screenplay

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