Yojiro Takita
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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.
Also known as
Yôjirô Takita · Yōjirō Takita · 小津貫一郎
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Known For
Departures
2008 · Movie
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
1986 · Movie
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
1984 · Movie
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
1979 · Movie
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003 · Movie
Secret
1999 · Movie
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993 · Movie
Molester's Tour Bus
1985 · Movie
Pink Physical Examination
1985 · Movie
The Serial Rape Murderer
1983 · Movie
Rikon-zuma kaikan onanie
1992 · Movie
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
1984 · Movie