Yojiro Takita
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.

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Silence of Smoke (2023)
Director
Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
Director
The Last Recipe (2017)
Director
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
Director | Screenplay
Sanpei the Fisher Boy (2009)
Director
Departures (2008)
Director
The Battery (2007)
Director
Ashura (2005)
Director
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II (2003)
Director | Writer
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Director
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)
Director
Secret (1999)
Director
The Exam (1999)
Director
Nettai rakuen kurabu (1994)
Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993)
Director
We Are Not Alone (1993)
Director
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 (1992)
Director
Let's Go to the Hospital (1990)
Director
The Yen Family (1988)
Director
The Half Moon (1987)
Director
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax (1986)
Director
Hamidashi sukuuru mizugi (1986)
Director
Chikan takuhaibin (1986)
Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken (1986)
Director
No More Comics! (1986)
Director
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun (1985)
Director
Chikan tsûkin-basu (1985)
Director
Pink Physical Examination (1985)
Director
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall (1985)
Director
Molester Train: Seiko's Ass (1985)
Director
The Bondage (1984)
Director
Molester's School Infirmary (1984)
Director
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas (1984)
Director
High Noon Ripper (1984)
Director
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo (1984)
Director | Screenplay
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl (1984)
Director
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio (1984)
Director
Goodbye Boy (1984)
Director
The Serial Rape Murderer (1983)
Director
Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi (1983)
Assistant Director
Chikan densha: Man'in mame-sagashi (1982)
Director
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie (1979)
Assistant Director
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling (1979)
Assistant Director
Yobai: Dote sagashi (1979)
Assistant Director