Director

Yojiro Takita

Directing

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Very extensive directing filmography.

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Directed movies: 55Directed series: 0All crew credits: 55

TMDB ID: 76936

IMDb ID: nm0847690

Known for: Directing

Born: December 4, 1955

Age: 70

Place of birth: Toyama, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2023

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q788070

Also known as

Yôjirô Takita • Yōjirō Takita • 小津貫一郎

Frequent jobs

Director (44)Assistant Director (8)First Assistant Director (2)Second Assistant Director (1)

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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.

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