Yoshirō Muraki
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- August 15, 1924
- Died
- October 26, 2009
- Birthplace
- Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes TBA
Art Direction
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' 2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' 2002
as Self
Letter from the Mountain 2002
Production Design
After the Rain 2000
Production Design
47 Ronin 1994
Production Design
Rainbow Bridge 1993
Production Design
Madadayo 1993
Production Design
Rhapsody in August 1991
Production Design
Dreams 1990
Production Design
Oración 1988
Art Direction
Wuthering Heights 1988
Art Direction
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth 1986
Art Direction
Ran 1985
Production Design
A. K. 1985
as Self
Choji Snack Bar 1983
Art Direction
The Yoshida School 1983
Production Design
The Longest Tunnel 1982
Set Designer
Lake of Illusions 1982
Production Design
The Last Days of Planet Earth 1981
Production Design
Kagemusha 1980
Art Direction
Monument to Holy Service 1978
Production Design
High Seas Hijack 1977
Art Direction
The Gate of Youth Part 2 1977
Art Direction
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka 1976
Production Design
Conflagration 1975
Production Design
Tidal Wave 1975
Art Direction
Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974
Production Design
Submersion of Japan 1973
Production Design
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy 1972
Production Design
The Battle of Okinawa 1971
Production Design
Love Forsaken 1971
Art Direction
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Art Direction
Bullet Wound 1969
Art Direction
The Green Years 1968
Art Direction
Samurai Rebellion 1967
Production Design
Swindler Meets Swindler 1966
Art Direction
Look Up, Noble One 1966
Production Design
3 Raccoon Dogs 1966
Art Direction
Taming an Unruly Girl 1966
Art Direction
More Than 10,000 Women But... 1966
Art Direction
Beast Alley 1965
Art Direction
Raccoon Dog Leader 1965
Art Direction
Red Beard 1965
Production Design
Legacy of the 500,000 1963
Production Design
High and Low 1963
Production Design
Sanjuro 1962
Production Design
Toilet Manager 1961
Art Direction
Yojimbo 1961
Costume Design, Production Design
The Masterless 47 1960
Production Design
The Bad Sleep Well 1960
Production Design
Man Against Man 1960
Art Direction
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking 1960
Art Direction
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers 1959
Production Designer
Someday I'll Know 1959
Production Design
I Want to Be a Shellfish 1959
Production Design
3 Dolls in College 1959
Art Direction
The Hidden Fortress 1958
Production Design
The Third President 1958
Production Design
Assistant President 1958
Art Direction
The Lower Depths 1957
Production Design
Price of Beauty 1957
Art Direction
Throne of Blood 1957
Costume Design, Production Design
Blue Buds 1956
Art Direction
Rainy Night Duel 1956
Production Design
I Live in Fear 1955
Production Design
All is Well 2 1955
Production Design
All is Well 1955
Production Design
The Black Fury 1954
Production Design
Seven Samurai 1954
Assistant Art Director
Stray Dog 1949
Assistant Director
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