Oscar® winner Yojiro Takita backstage during the live ABC Telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Oscar® Winner Yojiro Takita at the Governor's Ball after the 81st Annual Academy Awards® at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009 airing live on the ABC Television Network.

Winning the category Best Foreign Language Film for "Departures" (Regent Releasing), Yojiro Takita poses outside the Governor's Ball with the Oscar® at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Academy Award®-winner Yojiro Takita (left) with presenter Liam Neeson backstage at the 81st Academy Awards® are presented live on the ABC Television network from The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Academy Award®-winner Yojiro Takita backstage at the 81st Academy Awards® are presented live on the ABC Television network from The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22, 2009.

For Best foreign language film of the year, from Japan, "Departures" produced by (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production. Accepting the Oscar® is Yojiro Takita backstage following the live ABC Telecast from the Kodak Theatre at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.