Yojiro Takita
Place of birth: 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.
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Yojiro Takita is best known for work in Directing. The Peekr community tracks 18 credits from Yojiro Takita, including movies and TV series you can rate, discuss, and add to your own Peeklists.
Also known as
Yôjirô Takita
Yōjirō Takita
小津貫一郎
