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Yojiro Takita

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.

Et billede af Yojiro Takita

Directing

1978

[ ] Forbidden Technique to Tie a Lady (Assistant Director)

1979

[ ] Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie (Assistant Director)
[ ] Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again (Assistant Director)
[ ] Yobai: Dote sagashi (Assistant Director)
[ ] Savaged and Ravaged (Second Assistant Director)
[ ] Bizarre Rose Makeup (Assistant Director)

1980

[ ] Seijo jigoku ezu (First Assistant Director)

1981

[ ] Tattooed Slave Wife (Assistant Director)
[ ] Molester and the Female Teacher (Director)

1982

[ ] Molester Train: Searching for Beans (Director)
[ ] Groper Train: Continue (Director)
[ ] College Girl Business Trip to Tukey (First Assistant Director)

1983

[ ] Jitsuroku: Chikan kyôshi (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Serial Rape Murderer (Director)
[ ] Wet Kimono (Assistant Director)
[ ] Molester's Train: Rumiko's Ass (Director)
[ ] Molester's Train: Keiko's Hips (Director)
[ ] Molester's Train: Momoe's Ass (Director)
[ ] Bondage: Angel in White (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Newlywed's Midday Assault (First Assistant Director)
[ ] The True Story of the Element (Assistant Director)

1984

[ ] OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo (Director)
[ ] Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl (Director)
[ ] Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio (Director)
[ ] Sexy Timetrip Ninjas (Director)
[ ] The Bondage (Director)
[ ] High Noon Ripper (Director)
[ ] Molester's School Infirmary (Director)
[ ] Goodbye Boy (Director)

1985

[ ] Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass (Director)
[ ] Molester's Tour Bus (Director)
[ ] Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall (Director)
[ ] Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun (Director)
[ ] Pink Physical Examination (Director)
[ ] Molester's Train: One Shot on the Train (Director)

1986

[ ] No More Comics! (Director)
[ ] Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax (Director)
[ ] Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken (Director)
[ ] Exposed School Swimsuits (Director)
[ ] Molester's Delivery Service (Director)

1987

[ ] The Half Moon (Director)

1988

[ ] The Yen Family (Director)

1990

[ ] Let's Go to the Hospital (Director)

1992

[ ] Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 (Director)

1993

[ ] The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (Director)
[ ] We Are Not Alone (Director)

1994

[ ] Nettai rakuen kurabu (Director)

1999

[ ] The Exam (Director)
[ ] Secret (Director)

2001

[ ] Onmyoji (Director)

2003

[ ] When the Last Sword Is Drawn (Director)
[ ] Onmyoji II (Director)

2005

[ ] Ashura (Director)

2007

[ ] The Battery (Director)

2008

[ ] Departures (Director)

2009

[ ] Sanpei the Fisher Boy (Director)
[ ] Making of "Departures" (Director)

2012

[ ] Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (Director)

2017

[ ] The Last Recipe (Director)

2018

[ ] Sakura Guardian in the North (Director)

2023

[ ] Silence of Smoke (Director)

Writing

1981

[ ] Molester and the Female Teacher (Screenplay)

1984

[ ] OL 24 Ji: Bishôjo (Screenplay)

2003

[ ] Onmyoji II (Screenplay)

2012

[ ] Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (Screenplay)

Actor

1978

[ ] Groper's Last Train (Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper)

1984

[ ] Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio (Passenger on train)

2009

[ ] Making of "Departures" (Himself)