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
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
(1986)
Director
Departures
(2008)
Director
Secret
(1999)
Director
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
(2003)
Director
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
(1984)
Director
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II
(2003)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Shimoochiai Yakitori Movie
(1979)
Assistant Director
Yobai: Dote sagashi
(1979)
Assistant Director
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: Once More With Feeling
(1979)
Assistant Director
Chikan densha: Man'in mame-sagashi
(1982)
Director
The Serial Rape Murderer
(1983)
Director
Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi
(1983)
Assistant Director
The Bondage
(1984)
Director
High Noon Ripper
(1984)
Director
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
(1984)
Director
Goodbye Boy
(1984)
Director
OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo
(1984)
Director
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
(1984)
Director
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
(1984)
Director
Molester's School Infirmary
(1984)
Director
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall
(1985)
Director
Pink Physical Examination
(1985)
Director
Molester Train: Seiko's Ass
(1985)
Director
Chikan tsûkin-basu
(1985)
Director
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
(1985)
Director
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
(1986)
Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
(1986)
Director
Hamidashi sukuuru mizugi
(1986)
Director
Chikan takuhaibin
(1986)
Director
No More Comics!
(1986)
Director
The Half Moon
(1987)
Director
The Yen Family
(1988)
Director
Let's Go to the Hospital
(1990)
Director
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
(1992)
Director
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
(1993)
Director
We Are Not Alone
(1993)
Director
Nettai rakuen kurabu
(1994)
Director
The Exam
(1999)
Director
Secret
(1999)
Director
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
(2001)
Director
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II
(2003)
Director
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
(2003)
Director
Ashura
(2005)
Director
The Battery
(2007)
Director
Departures
(2008)
Director
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
(2009)
Director
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
(2012)
Director
The Last Recipe
(2017)
Director
Sakura Guardian in the North
(2018)
Director
Silence of Smoke
(2023)
Director
Writing