Yôjirô Takita

Yôjirô Takita was born on Dec 04, 1955 in Japan. Yôjirô Takita's big-screen debut came with Comic Magazine directed by Yôjirô Takita in 1986. Yôjirô Takita is known for Departures directed by Yôjirô Takita, Masahiro Motoki stars as Daigo Kobayashi and Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ikuei Sasaki. Yôjirô Takita has got 30 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Yôjirô Takita achieved is Asian Film Critics Association Awards. The upcoming new movie Yôjirô Takita plays is Sakura Guardian in the North which will be released on Mar 10, 2018.

Born in Takaoka, Toyama, Yojiro Takita came to international audiences' attention with the release of Okuribito ('Departures'), which won the Best foreign Language film awards at the Oscars in 2009. He had begun his directorial career in the 1980s with the 'chikan' ('molester') series depicting gropers in settings like trains. Still in the 'ping eiga' adult sub-genre he also completed the Serial Rape thriller in 1983. He diversified to comedy and TV serial work and, at the turn of the century, directed the mainstream Onmyoji. More recently he has been less prolific.