Yoshirō Muraki
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- August 15, 1924
- Died
- October 26, 2009 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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).
Known For
Filmography
Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes
Movie · Art Direction
Letter from the Mountain
Movie · Production Design
After the Rain
Movie · Production Design
47 Ronin
Movie · Production Design
Rainbow Bridge
Movie · Production Design
Madadayo
Movie · Production Design
Rhapsody in August
Movie · Production Design
Dreams
Movie · Production Design
Wuthering Heights
Movie · Art Direction
Oración
Movie · Art Direction
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Movie · Art Direction
Ran
Movie · Production Design
The Yoshida School
Movie · Production Design
Choji Snack Bar
Movie · Art Direction
The Longest Tunnel
Movie · Set Designer
Lake of Illusions
Movie · Production Design
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Movie · Production Design
Kagemusha
Movie · Art Direction
Monument to Holy Service
Movie · Production Design
High Seas Hijack
Movie · Art Direction
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Movie · Art Direction
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Movie · Production Design
Tidal Wave
Movie · Art Direction
Conflagration
Movie · Production Design
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie · Production Design
Submersion of Japan
Movie · Production Design
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Movie · Production Design
The Battle of Okinawa
Movie · Production Design
Love Forsaken
Movie · Art Direction
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · Art Direction
Bullet Wound
Movie · Art Direction
The Green Years
Movie · Art Direction
Samurai Rebellion
Movie · Production Design
3 Raccoon Dogs
Movie · Art Direction
More Than 10,000 Women But...
Movie · Art Direction
Look Up, Noble One
Movie · Production Design
Taming an Unruly Girl
Movie · Art Direction
Swindler Meets Swindler
Movie · Art Direction
Red Beard
Movie · Production Design
Beast Alley
Movie · Art Direction
Raccoon Dog Leader
Movie · Art Direction
High and Low
Movie · Production Design
Legacy of the 500,000
Movie · Production Design
Sanjuro
Movie · Production Design
Toilet Manager
Movie · Art Direction
Yojimbo
Movie · Production Design
The Masterless 47
Movie · Production Design
Man Against Man
Movie · Art Direction
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · Production Design
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Movie · Art Direction
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie · Production Design
Someday I'll Know
Movie · Production Design
3 Dolls in College
Movie · Art Direction
The Hidden Fortress
Movie · Production Design
The Third President
Movie · Production Design
Assistant President
Movie · Art Direction
The Lower Depths
Movie · Production Design
Throne of Blood
Movie · Production Design
Price of Beauty
Movie · Art Direction
Rainy Night Duel
Movie · Production Design
Blue Buds
Movie · Art Direction
All is Well 2
Movie · Production Design
All is Well
Movie · Production Design
I Live in Fear
Movie · Production Design
Seven Samurai
Movie · Assistant Art Director
The Black Fury
Movie · Production Design