Yojiro Takita
1955-12-04THE BIOGRAPHY
Yojiro Takita (ζ»η° ζ΄δΊι Takita YΕjirΕ, born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. His 2008 film Departures (γγγγ³γ¨ 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.
