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Yojiro Takita
Date of birth
04 Dec 1955
71 years ago at Toyama, Japan

Also Known As

  • Yôjirô Takita
  • Yōjirō Takita
  • 小津貫一郎

Yojiro Takita

Yojiro Takita (滝田 洋二郎 Takita Yōjirō, born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker.

Biography

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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