Person
Yoshirō Muraki
- Specialty
- Art
- Birth
- August 15, 1924 · 85 years
- Death
- October 26, 2009
- Origin
- Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Technical Alias
むらき よしろうYoshiro Muraki
Professional Trajectory
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).
