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).
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
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The Hidden Fortress
(Production Design)
The Longest Tunnel
(Set Designer)
Throne of Blood
(Costume Design)
Rhapsody in August
(Production Design)
High and Low
(Production Design)
The Lower Depths
(Production Design)
The Third President
(Production Design)
Toilet Manager
(Art Direction)
Letter from the Mountain
(Production Design)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
(Production Design)
Submersion of Japan
(Production Design)
Assistant President
(Art Direction)
Monument to Holy Service
(Production Design)
The Yoshida School
(Production Design)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Art Direction)
I Want to Be a Shellfish
(Production Design)
Red Beard
(Production Design)
The Masterless 47
(Production Design)
All is Well 2
(Production Design)
All is Well
(Production Design)
Yojimbo
(Production Design)
Yojimbo
(Costume Design)
The Battle of Okinawa
(Production Design)
Ran
(Production Design)
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
(Production Design)
Seven Samurai
(Assistant Art Director)
Samurai Rebellion
(Production Design)
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
(Art Direction)
High Seas Hijack
(Art Direction)
After the Rain
(Art Direction)
After the Rain
(Production Design)
Kagemusha
(Art Direction)
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
(Production Design)
Throne of Blood
(Production Design)
Man Against Man
(Art Direction)
Sanjuro
(Production Design)
Bullet Wound
(Art Direction)
Love Forsaken
(Art Direction)
Price of Beauty
(Art Direction)
The Bad Sleep Well
(Production Design)
I Live in Fear
(Production Design)
Someday I'll Know
(Production Design)
Legacy of the 500,000
(Production Design)
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
(Production Designer)
Wuthering Heights
(Art Direction)
Choji Snack Bar
(Art Direction)
Oración
(Art Direction)
The Gate of Youth Part 2
(Art Direction)
Madadayo
(Art Direction)
Lake of Illusions
(Production Design)
Stray Dog
(Assistant Director)
Dreams
(Production Design)
Rainy Night Duel
(Production Design)
The Black Fury
(Production Design)