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name: "Shinobu Muraki"
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tmdb_id: 1376136
wikidata_id: "Q7497715"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "2 September 1923"
died: "16 January 1997"
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updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:35.399520+00:00"
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# Shinobu Muraki

## Identity

Shinobu Muraki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shinobu-muraki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shinobu-muraki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613502
- **TMDB ID:** 1376136
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7497715
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Muraki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7497715, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1376136

Production designer. Born 2 September 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 16 January 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 2 September 1923, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 16 January 1997
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Muraki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7497715, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1376136

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Shinobu Muraki (2 September 1923 – 16 January 1997) was a Japanese production designer and art director. She was born in Tokyo and worked extensively in film, often collaborating with her husband, production designer Yoshirō Muraki.

She is known for her production design on Akira Kurosawa’s *Ran* (1985), for which she shared a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Other credits include production design on *The Makioka Sisters* (1983) and *Ohan* (1984).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

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

- *Kogarashi Monjirō Returns* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Tama from 3rd Street, please! Find Momochan!* (1993), as (voice)
- *Noh Mask Murders* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Goaisatsu* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Buddies* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape* (1989), Production Design
- *Princess from the Moon* (1987), as Set Decoration
- *Actress* (1987), as Art Direction
- *The Hall of the Crying Deer* (1986), as Art Direction
- *Ran* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *Ohan* (1984), Production Design
- *The Makioka Sisters* (1983), Production Design
- *Lonely Heart* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Wings of Icarus' Flight* (1980), Production Design
- *Glowing Autumn* (1978), Production Design
- *Island of Hell* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Lullaby to Kill* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Two Iida* (1976), Production Design
- *Greatest Game Ever Part II* (1976), as Art Direction
- *Between Women and Wives* (1976), Production Design
- *Slope of the Sun* (1975), Production Design
- *ESPY* (1974), Production Design
- *Marco* (1973), Production Design
- *Long Journey into Love* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Red Target* (1972), as Art Direction
- *To Love Again* (1971), Production Design
- *The Creature Called Man* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Portrait of Hell* (1969), as Art Direction
- *L'Essayage* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Sun Above, Death Below* (1968), as Art Direction
- *My Brother, My Love* (1968), Production Design
- *Good-bye Moscow* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Five Gents Prefer Geisha* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Discover Japan with the 5 Gents* (1967), Production Design
- *Five Gents on the Spot* (1966), as Art Direction
- *A Company President's Life Story* (1966), as Art Direction
- *The Crazy Adventure* (1965), Production Design
- *Sequel Western King, Eastern Leader* (1965), as Art Direction
- *President's Ninja Trick Book Part II* (1965), as Art Direction
- *You Can Succeed, Too* (1964), as Art Direction
- *Three Dolls, Three Generations* (1963), as Art Direction
- *The Sun is Calling You* (1963), Production Design
- *Aloha 3 Gents* (1963), as Art Direction
- *3 Gents In Hawaii* (1963), as Art Direction
- *Travel Stories of a Company President Part II* (1963), as Art Direction
- *My Hobo* (1962), as Art Direction
- *3 Dolls and Baby Gang* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Acchan no bebi gyangu* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Big Shots Die at Dawn* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Anything Goes Three Dolls' Way* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Husband Was a Baby* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Older Wife, Younger Husband* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Dangerous Kiss* (1960), Production Design
- *The Lost Alibi* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Path Under the Platanes* (1959), as Art Direction
- *The College Hero* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Little Actress* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Capital of Love* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Blue Mountains Part 2* (1957), as Art Direction
- *The Blue Mountains* (1957), as Art Direction
- *Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion* (1957), Production Design
- *Summer in Eclipse* (1956), as Art Direction
- *Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl* (1956), as Art Direction
- *Everyone's Sweetheart* (1956), as Art Direction
- *Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume* (1955), as Art Direction
- *So Young, So Bright* (1955), Production Design
- *School Girls in Costume* (1955), as Art Direction
- *Husband Comes Home Every Suturday* (1954), as Art Direction
- *Bride in a Bathing Suit* (1954), as Art Direction
- *Geisha Konatsu* (1954), Production Design
- *This Love Costs 50 Million Yen* (1954), as Art Direction
- *The Lovers* (1953), Production Design
- *The Blue Revolution* (1953), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1986: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Ran*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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