Yoshirō Muraki

Yoshirō Muraki

  • Birthday: 1924-08-14
  • Deathday: 2009-10-26
  • Place of birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  • Also know as: 村木与四郎

Biography

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).

Filmography

Production

The Hidden Fortress

1958

As Production Design

The Longest Tunnel

1982

As Set Designer

Throne of Blood

1957

As Costume Design

Rhapsody in August

1991

As Production Design

High and Low

1963

As Production Design

The Lower Depths

1957

As Production Design

Samurai Rebellion

1967

As Production Design

Letter from the Mountain

2002

As Production Design

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

As Production Design

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Art Direction

Red Beard

1965

As Production Design

The Battle of Okinawa

1971

As Production Design

Yojimbo

1961

As Production Design

Yojimbo

1961

As Costume Design

Ran

1985

As Production Design

Seven Samurai

1954

As Assistant Art Director

High Seas Hijack

1977

As Art Direction

After the Rain

2000

As Production Design

After the Rain

2000

As Art Direction

Kagemusha

1980

As Art Direction

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

1972

As Production Design

Throne of Blood

1957

As Production Design

Man Against Man

1960

As Art Direction

Sanjuro

1962

As Production Design

Price of Beauty

1957

As Art Direction

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

As Production Design

I Live in Fear

1955

As Production Design

Someday I'll Know

1959

As Production Design

Legacy of the 500,000

1963

As Production Design

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

1959

As Production Designer

Wuthering Heights

1988

As Art Direction

Choji Snack Bar

1983

As Art Direction

Oracion

1988

As Art Direction

The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977

As Art Direction

Madadayo

1993

As Art Direction

Lake of Illusions

1982

As Production Design

Stray Dog

1949

As Assistant Director

Dreams

1990

As Production Design

The Black Fury

1954

As Production Design

Rainy Night Duel

1956

As Production Design

The Third President

1958

As Production Design

Submersion of Japan

1973

As Production Design

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1959

As Production Design

Toilet Manager

1961

As Art Direction

Assistant President

1958

As Art Direction

Bullet Wound

1969

As Art Direction

Monument to Holy Service

1978

As Production Design

The Yoshida School

1983

As Production Design

The Masterless 47

1960

As Production Design

All is Well

1955

As Production Design

All is Well 2

1955

As Production Design

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

1976

As Production Design

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