As Actor
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
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Yoshirō Muraki
Acting
Birth Date
August 15, 1924
Place of Birth
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Date of Death
October 26, 2009
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).
