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Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

Directing · Born 1955-12-04 · Toyama, Japan

IMDb

12 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 63. The 1990s rate best: median 68 across 4 titles. Yojiro Takita appears most often alongside Ittoku Kishibe (3 titles).

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.

Acting 3

Directing 59

Writing 4