Muraki, Yoshirō

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Muraki, Yoshirō
Date of birth
1924-08-15
Date of death
2009-10-26
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 264713749
Wikidata: Q1552595
Library of congress: no 97052825
OCoLC: oca04426017
DLC: no 97052825
Sources of Information
  • JTNDL in VIAF, Mar. 7, 2022(access point: 村木, 与四郎, 1924-2009 = Muraki, Yoshirō, 1924-2009; r)
  • LC database, Dec. 16, 2025(access point: Muraki, Yoshirō; LCC number: NC353.M88)
  • Tidal wave [MP] 1975:credits (art director, Yoshiro Muraki)
  • His Tŏkyō no wasuremono, 2002:t.p. (Muraki Yoshirō; art director to Kurosawa motion picture production) colophon (r; b. 1924)
  • Asahi shinbun online, Oct. 27, 2009(村木与四郎 = Muraki Yoshirō; d. Oct. 26, 2009 at age of 85)

Wikipedia description:

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.

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