Yojiro Takita
Directing · Director · Assistant Director · Screenplay
Born Dec 4, 1955 · Toyama, Japan
Active 1978–present · 5′9″ (175 cm) · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
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.
Filmography
Departures (2008) — DirectorWhen the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) — DirectorSecret (1999) — DirectorThe Last Recipe (2017) — DirectorOnmyoji (2001) — DirectorThe Exam (1999) — DirectorThe Tropical People (1994) — DirectorThe City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993) — DirectorMolester's Train: Momoe's Ass (1983) — DirectorTenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012) — Director · ScreenplayOnmyoji II (2003) — Director · ScreenplayTime Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax (1986) — DirectorSakura Guardian in the North (2018) — DirectorMolester and the Female Teacher (1981) — Director · ScreenplayLet's Go to the Hospital (1990) — DirectorAshura (2005) — DirectorThe Yen Family (1988) — DirectorNo More Comics! (1986) — DirectorFujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again (1979) — Assistant DirectorMolester's Train: Keiko's Hips (1983) — DirectorSilence of Smoke (2023) — DirectorThe Serial Rape Murderer (1983) — DirectorWe Are Not Alone (1993) — DirectorYamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 (1992) — Director