Yojiro Takita
🎬 Director

Yojiro Takita

🎂 Born 4 December 1955 (age 70)📍 Toyama, Japan
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Acting Credits
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Directed

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

Directed Films(47)

Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
6.2
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
1986
Director
Departures
7.9
Departures
2008
Director
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
3.8
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
1984
Director
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
4.7
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
1984
Director
Molester's Tour Bus
4.5
Molester's Tour Bus
1985
Director
Secret
6.9
Secret
1999
Director
Pink Physical Examination
4.0
Pink Physical Examination
1985
Director
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
7.4
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
Director
Onmyoji
6.4
Onmyoji
2001
Director
Ashura
5.3
Ashura
2005
Director
Exposed School Swimsuits
3.7
Exposed School Swimsuits
1986
Director
The Bondage
2.0
The Bondage
1984
Director
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
4.4
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
1984
Director
No More Comics!
6.4
No More Comics!
1986
Director
The Serial Rape Murderer
5.5
The Serial Rape Murderer
1983
Director
Let's Go to the Hospital
7.5
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
Director
Sakura Guardian in the North
7.5
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018
Director
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall
1.0
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall
1985
Director
The Exam
10.0
The Exam
1999
Director
The Last Recipe
6.8
The Last Recipe
2017
Director
The Battery
5.3
The Battery
2007
Director
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
7.4
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
Director
The Yen Family
6.2
The Yen Family
1988
Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
4.2
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
1986
Director
Onmyoji II
6.0
Onmyoji II
2003
Director
Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train
5.5
Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train
1985
Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
9.0
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
Director
High Noon Ripper
3.4
High Noon Ripper
1984
Director
The Half Moon
3.0
The Half Moon
1987
Director
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
4.0
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009
Director
Molester's Delivery Service
4.0
Molester's Delivery Service
1986
Director
Silence of Smoke
6.3
Silence of Smoke
2023
Director
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
4.0
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
1985
Director
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
6.0
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Director
Molester's School Infirmary
4.0
Molester's School Infirmary
1984
Director
We Are Not Alone
5.3
We Are Not Alone
1993
Director
Groper Train: Continue
5.0
Groper Train: Continue
1982
Director
Molester Train: Searching for Beans
4.0
Molester Train: Searching for Beans
1982
Director
Le Secret
Le Secret
1999
Director
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo
4.3
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo
1984
Director
Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass
3.3
Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass
1985
Director
Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass
9.0
Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass
1983
Director
Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass
5.5
Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass
1983
Director
Goodbye Boy
5.3
Goodbye Boy
1984
Director
The Tropical People
9.0
The Tropical People
1994
Director
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
Director
Making of "Departures"
Making of "Departures"
2009
Director

Full Filmography(3 films)

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