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Yoshirô Muraki

Name in Native Language: "村木与四郎" (Japanese/JA)
Scenographer / Costume Designer / Art Director | * 08/15/1924 († 85, 10/26/2009) | Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Yoshirō Muraki (村木 与四郎, Muraki Yoshirō, August 15, 1924 – October 26, 2009) was a Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. Muraki joined Toho Film studio in 1944. 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).He was married to Shinobu Muraki. ()

Yoshirō Muraki (村木 与四郎 Muraki Yoshirō, August 15, 1924 – October 26, 2009) 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).[1] He was married to Shinobu Muraki.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Comedies

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Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife ...

Throne of Blood

Certification unknown

1957 | 4.0/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, History
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A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata ...

Yojimbo

NR

1961 | 4.1/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Thriller
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With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterp ...

Ran

R

1985 | 4.1/5 | 2h 40min
Action, Drama, History
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Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his g ...

Kagemusha

PG

1980 | 3.9/5 | 3h
Action, Drama, History, War
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Awards & Nominations for Yoshirô Muraki

Medal With Purple Ribbon Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-And-White 3x Academy Award for Best Production Design
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Movies with Yoshirô Muraki as Crew(45)

Art/Production Design2002 Letter from the Mountain
Art/Production Design2000 After the Rain
Art/Art Direction2000 After the Rain
Art/Art Direction1993 Madadayo
Art/Production Design1991 Rhapsody in August
Art/Production Design1990 Dreams
Art/Art Direction1988 Wuthering Heights
Art/Art Direction1988 Oracion
Art/Production Design1985 Ran
Art/Art Direction1983 Choji Snack Bar
Art/Set Designer1982 The Longest Tunnel
Art/Production Design1982 Lake of Illusions
Art/Art Direction1980 Kagemusha
Art/Art Direction1977 The Gate of Youth Part 2
Art/Art Direction1977 High Seas Hijack
Art/Production Design1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
Art/Production Design1973 Submersion of Japan
Art/Production Design1972 Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Art/Production Design1971 The Battle of Okinawa
Art/Art Direction1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Art/Production Design1967 Samurai Rebellion
Art/Production Design1965 Red Beard
Art/Production Design1963 High and Low
Art/Production Design1963 Legacy of the 500,000
Art/Production Design1962 Sanjuro
Art/Production Design1961 Yojimbo
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1961 Yojimbo
Art/Production Design1960 The Bad Sleep Well
Art/Production Design1960 The Masterless 47
Art/Art Direction1960 Man Against Man
Art/Production Design1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
Production/Production Designer1959 Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Art/Production Design1959 Someday I'll Know
Art/Production Design1958 The Third President
Art/Production Design1958 The Hidden Fortress
Art/Art Direction1958 Assistant President
Art/Production Design1957 The Lower Depths
Art/Art Direction1957 Price of Beauty
Art/Production Design1957 Throne of Blood
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1957 Throne of Blood
Art/Production Design1956 Rainy Night Duel
Art/Production Design1955 I Live in Fear
Art/Production Design1954 The Black Fury
Art/Assistant Art Director1954 Seven Samurai
Directing/Assistant Director1949 Stray Dog

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 08/15 1924 (August) in Tokyo Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Monday, 10/26 2009 (October) in Setagaya-ku (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Educated at: Chiba University
Spouses (current/former): Shinobu Muraki
Other names for Yoshirô Muraki (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"村木与四郎"
"むらき よしろう" (Kana/Japanese)
"Yoshirō Muraki"
"Muraki Yoshirō"
Yoshirô Muraki frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (57x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (20x, Actor)
Masaru Satō (17x, Crew)
Takao Saitō (16x, Crew)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (16x, Crew)
Takashi Shimura (14x, Actor)
Ryûzô Kikushima (14x, Crew)
Hideo Oguni (12x, Crew)
Kamatari Fujiwara (12x, Actor)
Shinobu Hashimoto (11x, Crew)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1008381, Added: 11/28/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024