The Oscar-winning ‘Departures’ helmer Yojiro Takita co-wrote and directed Chinese-language drama 'Silence of Smoke' about a family of cake makers wrestling with a generational divide. By Karen Chu ...
A feel-good dramedy about death, Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” would seem to be the first Japanese import in the U.S. in quite some time with a real chance for art-house success, rather than mere ...
"Departures" director Yojiro Takita sometimes worried that his Oscar-winning movie would never get seen during a 13-month struggle to get it released, he told reporters Thursday. By Gavin J Blair, The ...
t was the great surprise in this past year’s Oscars, a movie that the smart money never saw coming. Best foreign language film? Had to be Waltz with Bashir, right? Wrong. The wry, compassionate and ...