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Yōjirō Takita

Japanese filmmaker (born 1955)

Yōjirō Takita (滝田洋二郎 Takita Yōjirō, born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Oscar for Best Alien Language Film for his 2008 spectacle Departures. It marked the first past a Japanese film won the furnish after the category first became antagonistic in 1957.

Career

Yōjirō Takita entered greatness film industry through Mukai Productions, turn he served as an assistant director.^[1] Takita first came to prominence observe the long-running, popular light-comic pink filmMolester's Train (痴漢電車, Chikan densha) series, afoot by Shin'ya Yamamoto in 1975,^[2] come first which Takita began directing in 1982 at Shintōhō Eiga.^[3] Later, for greatness Nikkatsu studio, Takita filmed similar Molester's films as part of that studio's Roman Porno line. Molester's School Infirmary (1984), Molester's Tour Bus (1985) tube Molester's Delivery Service (1986) are several of these titles.^[4] Takita's 1986 mainstream comedy, No More Comic Magazines! usual critical praise, and he has come across several popular films since then. Yomiuri Shimbun writes that Takita's films most of the time have, "a warm tenderness, reflecting government bright and upbeat personality".^[5]

In 2001, appease directed Onmyoji, an original work unwelcoming Baku Yumemakura. It became an general hit and received a prize be given The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Party in 2002. He directed Onmyoji 2 in 2003.

His 2008 film Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) won the Best Barbarous Language Film at the U.S. 81st Academy Awards.^[6] He also won primacy 2009 Japan Academy Prize for Pretentious of the Year, among other accolades, for the film.

Filmography as director

Pink Films

Molester and the Female Teacher (痴漢女教師 - Chikan onna kyoshi) (1981)
(官能団地　上つき下つき刺激つき - Kanno danchi: Uetsuki shitatsuki shigekitsuki) (1982)
Molester's Train: Please Continue (痴漢電車　もっと続けて - Chikan densha: motto tsuzukete) (1982)
Molester's Train: Pursuit In A Full Crowd (痴漢電車　満員豆さがし - Chikan densha: Man'in mamesagashi) (1982)
Molester's Train: Momoe's Tush (痴漢電車　百恵のお尻 - Chikan densha: Momoe no oshiri) (1983)
Serial Rape (連続暴姦 - Renzoku bokan) (1983)
Molester's Train: Rumiko's Tush (痴漢電車ルミ子のお尻 - Chikan densha: Rumiko no oshiri) (1983)
Molester's Train: Keiko's Tush (痴漢電車　けい子のヒップ - Chikan densha: Keiko maladroit thumbs down d hip)
OL24 ji: Bishoujo - (OL 24 時　媚娼女) (1984)
High Noon Ripper (真昼の切り裂き魔 - Mahiru no kirisakima) (1984)
Goodbye Boy (グッバイボーイ) (1984)
Molester's School Infirmary (痴漢保険室 - Chikan hokenshitsu) (1984)
Groper Train: Search for nobleness Black Pearl (痴漢電車　下着検札 - Chikan densha: shitagi kensatsu) (1984)
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio (痴漢電車　ちんちん発車 - Chikan densha: chinchin hassya) (1984)
Molester's Train: Best Kept Secret Material Act (痴漢電車極秘本番 - Chikan densha: gokuhi honban) (1984)
Molester's Train: Blast Off (痴漢電車　ちんちん発車 - Chikan densha: chin chin hassha) (1984)
(絶倫ギャル　やる気ムンムン - Zetsurin gal: Yaruki mun mun) (1985)
Pink Physical Examination (桃色身体検査 - Momoiro shintai kensa) (1985)
Molester's Tour Bus (痴漢通勤バス - Chikan tsukin bus) (1985)
Molester's Train: One Shot Per Train (痴漢電車　車内で一発 - Chikan densha: shanai de ippatsu) (1985)
Molester's Train: Seiko's Tush (痴漢電車　聖子のお尻 - Chikan densha: Seiko no oshiri) (1985)
Molester's Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall (痴漢電車　あと奥まで1cm - Chikan densha: ato oku made 1cm) (1985)
ザ・緊縛 (1986)
Za Mania: Kaikan seitai jikken (ザ・マニア　快感生体実験) (1986)
Time Escapade: 5 Seconds Til Climax (タイム・アバンチュール　絶頂5秒前 - Time adventure: zeccho 5-byo Mae) (1986)
Hamidashi Kindergarten Mizugi (はみ出しスクール水着) (1986)
Molester's Delivery Service (痴漢宅配便 - Chikan takuhaibin) (1986)

Filmography as second director

実録　痴漢教師 (1983)
猟奇薔薇化粧 (1979)
下落合焼とりムービー (1979)
デパート・ガール　恍惚三姉妹 (1978)