Yoshirō Muraki
August 15, 1924 — October 26, 2009 (85 years)
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).
Filmography
| 1985 | A.K. · as Self |
| 2002 | Letter from the Mountain · as Production Design |
| 1999 | After the Rain · as Production Design |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin · as Production Design |
| 1993 | Madadayo · as Production Design |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August · as Production Design |
| 1990 | Dreams · as Production Design |
| 1988 | Wuthering Heights · as Art Direction |
| 1986 | Young Girls in Love · as Production Designer |
| 1985 | Ran · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar · as Art Direction |
| 1983 | Shôsetsu Yoshida gakko · as Production Design |
| 1982 | Kaikyô · as Production Designer |
| 1982 | Lake of Illusions · as Production Design |
| 1980 | Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior · as Art Direction |
| 1977 | The Gate of Youth Part 2 · as Art Direction |
| 1976 | Zoku ningen kakumei · as Production Designer |
| 1976 | Love and Separation in Sri Lanka · as Production Design |
| 1975 | Conflagration · as Production Design |
| 1975 | Tidal Wave · as Art Direction |
| 1975 | The Gate of Youth · as Production Designer |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Production Design |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan · as Production Design |
| 1973 | The Human Revolution · as Production Designer |
| 1972 | Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei · as Production Design |
| 1971 | Battle of Okinawa · as Production Design |
| 1971 | Love Forsaken · as Art Direction |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Art Director |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Art Direction |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion · as Production Design |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Production Design |
| 1963 | Nippon ichi no iro otoko · as Production Designer |
| 1963 | 500,000 · as Production Design |
| 1963 | High and Low · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong · as Production Designer |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen from Tokyo · as Production Designer |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Production Design |
| 1961 | Yojimbo · as Production Design |
| 1961 | Yojimbo · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Zoku sararîman Chûshingura · as Production Designer |
| 1960 | Sararîman Chûshingura · as Production Design |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well · as Production Design |
| 1959 | I Want to Be a Shellfish · as Production Design |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1958 | Zoku shachô sandaiki · as Production Design |
| 1958 | Shachô sandaiki · as Art Direction |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Production Design |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as Production DesignOn Plex |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as Costume DesignOn Plex |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Production Design |
| 1949 | Stray Dog · as Assistant DirectorOn Plex |