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).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
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Crew

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

The Third President
Production Design

Toilet Manager
Art Direction

Letter from the Mountain
Production Design

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Production Design

Submersion of Japan
Production Design

Assistant President
Art Direction

Monument to Holy Service
Production Design

The Yoshida School
Production Design

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Art Direction

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Production Design

Red Beard
Production Design

The Masterless 47
Production Design

All is Well 2
Production Design

All is Well
Production Design

Yojimbo
Production Design, Costume Design

The Battle of Okinawa
Production Design

Ran
Production Design

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Production Design

Seven Samurai
Assistant Art Director

Samurai Rebellion
Production Design

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Art Direction

High Seas Hijack
Art Direction

After the Rain
Art Direction, Production Design

Kagemusha
Art Direction

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Production Design

Man Against Man
Art Direction

Sanjuro
Production Design

Bullet Wound
Art Direction

Love Forsaken
Art Direction

Price of Beauty
Art Direction

The Bad Sleep Well
Production Design

I Live in Fear
Production Design

Someday I'll Know
Production Design

Legacy of the 500,000
Production Design

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Production Designer

Wuthering Heights
Art Direction

Choji Snack Bar
Art Direction

Oración
Art Direction

The Gate of Youth Part 2
Art Direction

Madadayo
Art Direction

Lake of Illusions
Production Design

Stray Dog
Assistant Director

Dreams
Production Design

Rainy Night Duel
Production Design

The Black Fury
Production Design

Tidal Wave
Art Direction

The Last Days of Planet Earth
Production Design

Beast Alley
Art Direction

47 Ronin
Production Design

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Art Direction

Three Dolls in College
Art Direction

3 Raccoon Dogs
Art Direction

More Than 10,000 Women But...
Art Direction

Blue Buds
Art Direction

Conflagration
Production Design