List of the best Yojiro Takita movies: Departures(2008), Onmyoji(2001), When the Last Sword Is Drawn(2003) ... ...
Drama
Japan
2008
130 Minutes
Director
Masahiro Motoki Tsutomu Yamazaki RyƓko Hirosue Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kimiko Yo Takashi Sasano Toru Minegishi Tetta Sugimoto Tatsuo Yamada Yukiko Tachibana
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A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Fantasy
Japan
2001
116 Minutes
Director
Takeshi Nomura Hideaki Ito Hiroyuki Sanada Kyoko Koizumi Eriko Imai Yui Natsukawa Ken'ichi Yajima Sachiko Kokuba Akira Emoto Masato Hagiwara Ittoku Kishibe
When samurai Hiromasa comes to Seimei, Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a fortune teller in commune with the spirits), to warn of a plot against the government, the two discover that the court's formidable magician, Doson, is indeed planning a coup.
Adventure, Drama, History
2003
143 Minutes
Director
Kiichi Nakai Koichi Sato Yui Natsukawa Takehiro Murata Miki Nakatani Yuji Miyake
While a doctor treats his ailing grandson, an old man (Koichi Sato) tells of his complex relationship with a fellow samurai (Kiichi Nakai).