Yojiro Takita
Birthday: 1955-12-04 | Place of Birth: Toyama, JapanYojiro 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
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2009
Making of "Departures"
as Himself
1984
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
as Passenger on train
1978
Groper's Last Train
as Kan'ichiro Ozu, a groper
