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Yoshirō Muraki

Known For
Art

Known Credits
15

Gender
Male

Birthday
August 15, 1924 (101 years old)

Place of Birth
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Yoshirō Muraki

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).

Art

2002Letter from the Mountain...Production Design
2000After the Rain...Production Design
199447 Ronin...Production Design
1993Rainbow Bridge...Production Design
1993Madadayo...Production Design
1991Rhapsody in August...Production Design
1990Dreams...Production Design
1988Oración...Art Direction
1988Wuthering Heights...Art Direction
1986Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth...Art Direction
1985Ran...Production Design
1983Choji Snack Bar...Art Direction
1983The Yoshida School...Production Design
1982The Longest Tunnel...Set Designer
1982Lake of Illusions...Production Design
1981The Last Days of Planet Earth...Production Design
1980Kagemusha...Art Direction
1978Monument to Holy Service...Production Design
1977High Seas Hijack...Art Direction
1977The Gate of Youth Part 2...Art Direction
1976Love and Separation in Sri Lanka...Production Design
1975Conflagration...Production Design
1975Tidal Wave...Art Direction
1974Prophecies of Nostradamus...Production Design
1973Submersion of Japan...Production Design
1972Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy...Production Design
1971The Battle of Okinawa...Production Design
1971Love Forsaken...Art Direction
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!...Art Direction
1969Bullet Wound...Art Direction
1967Samurai Rebellion...Production Design
1966Look Up, Noble One...Production Design
19663 Raccoon Dogs...Art Direction
1966More Than 10,000 Women But......Art Direction
1965Beast Alley...Art Direction
1965Red Beard...Production Design
1963Legacy of the 500,000...Production Design
1963High and Low...Production Design
1962Sanjuro...Production Design
1961Toilet Manager...Art Direction
1961Yojimbo...Production Design
1960The Masterless 47...Production Design
1960The Bad Sleep Well...Production Design
1960Man Against Man...Art Direction
1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking...Art Direction
1959Someday I'll Know...Production Design
1959I Want to Be a Shellfish...Production Design
19593 Dolls in College...Art Direction
1958The Hidden Fortress...Production Design
1958The Third President...Production Design
1958Assistant President...Art Direction
1957The Lower Depths...Production Design
1957Price of Beauty...Art Direction
1957Throne of Blood...Production Design
1956Blue Buds...Art Direction
1956Rainy Night Duel...Production Design
1955I Live in Fear...Production Design
1955All is Well 2...Production Design
1955All is Well...Production Design
1954The Black Fury...Production Design
1954Seven Samurai...Assistant Art Director

Costume & Make-Up

1961Yojimbo...Costume Design
1957Throne of Blood...Costume Design

Production

1959Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers...Production Designer

Directing

1949Stray Dog...Assistant Director

Acting

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