Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

Born 1955-12-04 (age 70) 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.

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Known For

Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio

1984

as Passenger on train

Groper's Last Train
Groper's Last Train

1978

as Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper

Making of "Departures"
Making of "Departures"

2009

as Himself