---
name: "Yoshirō Muraki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoshiro-muraki"
fi1m_id: "yoshiro-muraki"
imdb_id: "nm0613499"
tmdb_id: 33132
wikidata_id: "Q1552595"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "15 August 1924"
died: "26 October 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 91
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T07:47:36.272017+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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# Yoshirō Muraki

## Identity

Yoshirō Muraki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshiro-muraki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshiro-muraki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613499
- **TMDB ID:** 33132
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1552595
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Muraki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1552595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33132

Production designer. Born 15 August 1924 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Died 26 October 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 August 1924, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 26 October 2009
- **Active:** 1954–1985
- **Also known as:** むらき よしろう, Yoshiro Muraki
- **Frequently works with:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md), [Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni.md), [Ryuzo Kikushima](https://film.one/person/ryuzo-kikushima.md), [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://film.one/person/tatsuya-nakadai.md), [Toshirō Mifune](https://film.one/person/toshiro-mifune.md), [Isuzu Yamada](https://film.one/person/isuzu-yamada.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 92 (2), 1960s 89 (2), 1980s 92 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 91 to 85 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 2, History 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $940m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Muraki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1552595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33132

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*High and Low*](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) (90), [*Yojimbo*](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) (88), [*Throne of Blood*](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

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

## Biography

Yoshirō Muraki was a Japanese production designer, art director and costume designer. He joined Toho studio in the mid-1940s and began working with director Akira Kurosawa as an assistant art director on *Drunken Angel* (1948). He served as art director or production designer on all of Kurosawa’s subsequent films from *Record of a Living Being* (1955) onwards, with the exception of *Dersu Uzala* (1975).

Muraki received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction for *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), *Kagemusha* (1980) and *Ran* (1985), and for Best Costume Design for *Yojimbo* (1961). He also designed costumes for *Sanjuro* (1962). He shared an Oscar nomination for *Ran* with his wife, Shinobu Muraki, who frequently collaborated with him. Muraki won five Japanese Academy Awards for art direction and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1994 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class, in 1999.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, old.bfi.org.uk, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)
- *Yojimbo* (1961), Fi1m 88, Production design, Costume design, Costume Design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md)
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, Production design, Costume design, Costume Design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)
- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Letter from the Mountain* (2002), Production Design
- *After the Rain* (2000), Production Design
- *47 Ronin* (1994), Production Design
- *Rainbow Bridge* (1993), Production Design
- *Madadayo* (1993), Production Design
- *Rhapsody in August* (1991), Production Design
- *Dreams* (1990), Production Design
- *Oración* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Wuthering Heights* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth* (1986), as Art Direction
- *Ran* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *Choji Snack Bar* (1983), as Art Direction
- *The Yoshida School* (1983), Production Design
- *The Longest Tunnel* (1982), Set Designer
- *Lake of Illusions* (1982), Production Design
- *The Last Days of Planet Earth* (1981), Production Design
- *Kagemusha* (1980), as Art Direction
- *Monument to Holy Service* (1978), Production Design
- *High Seas Hijack* (1977), as Art Direction
- *The Gate of Youth Part 2* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Love and Separation in Sri Lanka* (1976), Production Design
- *Conflagration* (1975), Production Design
- *Tidal Wave* (1975), as Art Direction
- *Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1974), Production Design
- *Submersion of Japan* (1973), Production Design
- *Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy* (1972), Production Design
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), Production Design
- *Love Forsaken* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Bullet Wound* (1969), as Art Direction
- *The Green Years* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Samurai Rebellion* (1967), Production Design
- *Look Up, Noble One* (1966), Production Design
- *Swindler Meets Swindler* (1966), as Art Direction
- *3 Raccoon Dogs* (1966), as Art Direction
- *Taming an Unruly Girl* (1966), as Art Direction
- *More Than 10,000 Women But...* (1966), as Art Direction
- *Beast Alley* (1965), as Art Direction
- *Raccoon Dog Leader* (1965), as Art Direction
- *Red Beard* (1965), Production Design
- *Legacy of the 500,000* (1963), Production Design
- *High and Low* (1963), Production Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)
- *Sanjuro* (1962), Production Design
- *Toilet Manager* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Yojimbo* (1961), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md)
- *The Masterless 47* (1960), Production Design
- *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), Production Design
- *Man Against Man* (1960), as Art Direction
- *New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers* (1959), Production Designer
- *Someday I'll Know* (1959), Production Design
- *I Want to Be a Shellfish* (1959), Production Design
- *3 Dolls in College* (1959), as Art Direction
- *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), Production Design
- *The Third President* (1958), Production Design
- *Assistant President* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Lower Depths* (1957), Production Design
- *Price of Beauty* (1957), as Art Direction
- *Throne of Blood* (1957), Costume Design, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md)
- *Blue Buds* (1956), as Art Direction
- *Rainy Night Duel* (1956), Production Design
- *I Live in Fear* (1955), Production Design
- *All is Well 2* (1955), Production Design
- *All is Well* (1955), Production Design
- *The Black Fury* (1954), Production Design
- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *Stray Dog* (1949), Assistant Director
- *Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes*, as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 1986: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Ran*
- 1981: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Kagemusha*
- 1971: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Tora! Tora! Tora!*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Yojimbo*

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

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