Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki was a Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the films Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work in Yojimbo (1961). He is most well known for his collaborations with director Akira Kurosawa, having done work on all of Kurosawa's films from Record of a Living Being (1955) onward, with the exception of Dersu Uzala (1975).
Known for
ArtBirthday
August 14, 1924Deathday
October 26, 2009Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
63Place of birth
Tokyo Prefecture, JapanAlso known as
村木与四郎, むらき よしろう, Yoshiro Muraki
Cast credits
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Interviewee
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Lower Depths
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Drunken Angel
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den
SelfCrew credits
The Hidden Fortress
Production Design
The Longest Tunnel
Set Designer
Throne of Blood
Costume Design, Production Design
Rhapsody in August
Production Design
High and Low
Production Design
The Lower Depths
Production Design
Samurai Rebellion
Production Design
Letter from the Mountain
Production Design
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Production Design
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Art Direction
Red Beard
Production Design
The Battle of Okinawa
Production Design
Yojimbo
Production Design, Costume Design
Ran
Production Design
Seven Samurai
Assistant Art Director
High Seas Hijack
Art Direction
After the Rain
Production Design, Art Direction
Kagemusha
Art Direction
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Production Design
Man Against Man
Art Direction
Sanjuro
Production Design
