About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1924-08-15
Place of birth:
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Website:
N/A

Yoshirō Muraki

Overview

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

Acting
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' Actor Self 58
Average
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' Actor Self N/A
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2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' Actor Self N/A
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1985 A. K. Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
1949 Stray Dog Directing Assistant Director 64
Fair

Production
1959 Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers Production Production Designer N/A
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Art
2002 Letter from the Mountain Art Production Design 59
Average
2000 After the Rain Art Production Design 60
Fair
2000 After the Rain Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1993 Madadayo Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1991 Rhapsody in August Art Production Design 61
Fair
1990 Dreams Art Production Design 67
Fair
1988 Oración Art Art Direction 58
Average
1988 Wuthering Heights Art Art Direction 59
Average
1986 Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1985 Ran Art Production Design 75
Good
1983 Choji Snack Bar Art Art Direction 59
Average
1983 The Yoshida School Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1982 The Longest Tunnel Art Set Designer N/A
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1982 Lake of Illusions Art Production Design 58
Average
1980 Kagemusha Art Art Direction 69
Fair
1978 Monument to Holy Service Art Production Design N/A
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1977 High Seas Hijack Art Art Direction 59
Average
1977 The Gate of Youth Part 2 Art Art Direction 59
Average
1976 Love and Separation in Sri Lanka Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Art Production Design 58
Average
1973 Submersion of Japan Art Production Design 59
Average
1972 Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy Art Production Design 59
Average
1971 The Battle of Okinawa Art Production Design 59
Average
1971 Love Forsaken Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Art Art Direction 65
Fair
1969 Bullet Wound Art Art Direction 59
Average
1967 Samurai Rebellion Art Production Design 66
Fair
1965 Red Beard Art Production Design 68
Fair
1963 Legacy of the 500,000 Art Production Design 59
Average
1963 High and Low Art Production Design 74
Good
1962 Sanjuro Art Production Design 69
Fair
1961 Toilet Manager Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1961 Yojimbo Art Production Design 75
Good
1960 The Masterless 47 Art Production Design N/A
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1960 The Bad Sleep Well Art Production Design 64
Fair
1960 Man Against Man Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1959 Someday I'll Know Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1958 The Hidden Fortress Art Production Design 69
Fair
1958 The Third President Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1958 Assistant President Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1957 The Lower Depths Art Production Design 61
Fair
1957 Price of Beauty Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1957 Throne of Blood Art Production Design 71
Good
1956 Rainy Night Duel Art Production Design N/A
N/A
1955 I Live in Fear Art Production Design 61
Fair
1955 All is Well 2 Art Production Design N/A
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1955 All is Well Art Production Design N/A
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1954 The Black Fury Art Production Design N/A
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1954 Seven Samurai Art Assistant Art Director 81
Very good

Costume & Make-Up
1961 Yojimbo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 75
Good
1957 Throne of Blood Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 71
Good