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name: "Kazuko Kurosawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kazuko-kurosawa"
fi1m_id: "kazuko-kurosawa"
imdb_id: "nm0475904"
tmdb_id: 1028349
wikidata_id: "Q3194478"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "29 April 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:01:23.587183+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kazuko Kurosawa

## Identity

Kazuko Kurosawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kazuko-kurosawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kazuko-kurosawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475904
- **TMDB ID:** 1028349
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3194478
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Kurosawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194478, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1028349

Costume designer. Born 29 April 1954 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 29 April 1954, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** 黒澤 和子
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Kurosawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194478, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1028349

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Shoplifters*](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) (89)

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## Biography

Kazuko Kurosawa is a Japanese costume designer and essayist. Born in Tokyo on 29 April 1954, she is the daughter of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and actress Yōko Yaguchi. She studied as a stylist at the Sun Design Institute and the Ito Clothing Research Institute before entering the film industry in 1988 on her father's advice.

She began working on costumes for Akira Kurosawa's *Dreams* (1990) and has since designed for numerous films and television productions, including *The Twilight Samurai* (2002), *Zatoichi* (2003), *Still Walking* (2008), *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), *Shoplifters* (2018) and *Monster* (2023). She has also contributed to series such as *Shōgun* (2024) and the taiga drama *Awaiting Kirin* (2020).

Kurosawa received the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design for *Silk* (shared with Carlo Poggioli) and the 2019 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for her work on *Shoplifters*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ja.wikipedia.org, mydramalist.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shōgun* (2024), series, as Other
- *Kubi* (2023), Costume Design
- *Monster* (2023), Costume Design
- *Reach Beyond the Blue Sky* (2021), series, Costume Design
- *Awaiting Kirin* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Shoplifters* (2018), Costume Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)
- *Outrage Coda* (2017), Costume Design
- *The Third Murder* (2017), Costume Design
- *Mumon: The Land of Stealth* (2017), Costume Design
- *Lear on the Shore* (2017), Costume Design
- *Blossoming Into a Family* (2017), Costume Designer
- *After the Storm* (2016), Costumer
- *Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen* (2015), Costume Design
- *Strategist KANBE* (2014), series, Costume Supervisor
- *The Kiyosu Conference* (2013), Costume Design
- *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), Costumer
- *Beyond Outrage* (2012), Costume Design
- *Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Lightning Tree* (2010), Costume Design
- *Outrage* (2010), Costume Design
- *Villon's Wife* (2009), Costume Design
- *Ballad* (2009), Costumer
- *Dear Doctor* (2009), Costume Design
- *I Want to Be a Shellfish* (2008), Costume Design
- *Still Walking* (2008), Costume Design
- *Anmitsu Hime* (2008), as Kinako
- *Best Wishes for Tomorrow* (2007), Costumer
- *Silk* (2007), Costume Designer
- *Kaidan* (2007), Costume Design
- *Dororo* (2007), Costume Design
- *Love and Honor* (2006), Costume Design
- *Hana* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Hidden Blade* (2004), Costume Design
- *Zatoichi* (2003), Costume Design
- *The Twilight Samurai* (2002), Costume Design
- *Letter from the Mountain* (2002), Costume Design
- *The Sea Is Watching* (2002), Costume Design
- *After the Rain* (2000), Costume Design
- *Madadayo* (1993), Costume Design
- *Rhapsody in August* (1991), Costume Design
- *Dreams* (1990), Wardrobe Designer

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