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Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

Director · Born December 4, 1955 · Toyama, Japan

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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.

Directed 60

2020s

  1. 2023

    Silence of Smoke

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Making of "Departures"

    Director

  2. Sanpei the Fisher Boy

    Director

  3. 2008

    Departures

    Director

    77
  4. 2007

    The Battery

    Director

  5. 2005

    Ashura

    Director

    56
  6. 2003

    Onmyoji II

    Director

  7. When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    Director

    73
  8. 2001

    Onmyoji

    Director

    57

1990s

  1. 1999

    Le Secret

    Director

  2. Secret

    Director

    68

  3. The Exam

    Director

  4. 1997

    Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi

    Director

  5. 1994

    The Tropical People

    Director

  6. 1993

    The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

    Director

  7. We Are Not Alone

    Director

  8. 1992

    Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

    Director

  9. 1990

    Let's Go to the Hospital

    Director

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Yen Family

    Director

  2. 1987

    The Half Moon

    Director

  3. 1986

    Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax

    Director

  4. Exposed School Swimsuits

    Director

  5. Molester's Delivery Service

    Director

  6. Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken

    Director

  7. No More Comics!

    Director

  8. 1985

    Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun

    Director

  9. Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall

    Director

  10. Molester's Tour Bus

    Director

  11. Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train

    Director

  12. Pink Physical Examination

    Director

  13. Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass

    Director

  14. 1984

    The Bondage

    Director

  15. Molester's School Infirmary

    Director

  16. Sexy Timetrip Ninjas

    Director

    48

  17. High Noon Ripper

    Director

  18. OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo

    Director

  19. Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

    Director

  20. Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl

    Director

  21. Goodbye Boy

    Director

  22. 1983

    Newlywed's Midday Assault

    First Assistant Director

  23. The Serial Rape Murderer

    Director

  24. Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass

    Director

  25. Bondage: Angel in White

    First Assistant Director

  26. Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi

    Assistant Director

  27. Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips

    Director

  28. Wet Kimono

    Assistant Director

  29. The True Story of the Element

    Assistant Director

  30. Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass

    Director

  31. 1982

    Molester Train: Searching for Beans

    Director

  32. Groper Train: Continue

    Director

  33. 1981

    Molester and the Female Teacher

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie

    Assistant Director

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

    Assistant Director

  3. Savaged and Ravaged

    Second Assistant Director

  4. Night Visitors: Sex Hunt

    Assistant Director

  5. 1978

    Depaato girl: Kôkotsu sanshimai

    Assistant Director

  6. Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady

    Assistant Director

Wrote 4

2000s

  1. 2003

    Onmyoji II

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1984

    OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo

    Screenplay

  2. 1981

    Molester and the Female Teacher

    Screenplay

Acted in 3

1990s

  1. 1992

    Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1978

    Groper's Last Train

    Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2009

    Making of "Departures"

    Himself