Yōjirō Takita
In 2012, Okada played the role Yasui Santetsu, an astronomer who invented the Jokyo calendar used for many decades, in the movie directed by Yōjirō Takita. The director has previously won an Academy award for Best foreign-language film, "Departures" in 2009. Later that year, it was announced that Okada would appear in another film set for a spring 2013 release, , directed by Takashi Yamazaki. The film follows the journey of a kamikaze pilot named Kyuzo Miyabe, a man described as a coward yet volunteered to die for his country.