
Yoshirō Muraki
Born: 1924-08-15
Place of birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002

The Longest Tunnel
1982

High Seas Hijack
1977

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976

The Masterless 47
1960

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959

3 Dolls in College
1959

The Third President
1958

Assistant President
1958

Price of Beauty
1957

All is Well 2
1955

All is Well
1955

Someday I'll Know
1959

Seven Samurai
1954

High and Low
1963

Letter from the Mountain
2002

Samurai Rebellion
1967

Red Beard
1965