As Director
Silence of Smoke
2023
6.3
Yojiro Takita
Directing
Birth date
December 4, 1955
Birth place
Toyama, Japan
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.
Featured in
As Director
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018
8.0
As Director
The Last Recipe
2017
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012
7.0
As Director
Departures
2008
7.9
As Director
The Battery
2007
5.5
As Director
Ashura
2005
5.1
As Director, As Writer
Onmyoji II
2003
5.8
As Director
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003
7.5
As Director
Onmyoji
2001
6.3
As Director
Secret
1999
6.8
As Director
We Are Not Alone
1993
5.6
As Director
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
2.0
As Director
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
6.0
As Director
The Yen Family
1988
5.9
As Director
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
1986
6.7
As Director
Exposed School Swimsuits
1986
2.8
As Director
Molester's Delivery Service
1986
1.0
As Director
Za mania: Kaikan seitai jikken
1986
5.3
As Director
No More Comics!
1986
6.0