Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita

AKA: Yôjirô Takita滝田洋二郎Yōjirō Takita泷田洋二郎
Born Dec 04,1955
Toyama, Japan
Directing

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.