was a Japanese

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. He was born in

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. He developed a skill in drawing, and became among the most prominent set designers in

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following

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. He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction for the 1953 film ''

Ugetsu ''Ugetsu'' (雨月物語, ''Ugetsu Monogatari'', lit. "Rain-moon tales") is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories "The House in the Thicket" and "Th ...

''. In 1955, he served as art director for '' She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Typhoon Over Nagasaki ''Typhoon Over Nagasaki'' (French: ''Typhon sur Nagasaki'') is a 1957 French-Japanese-West German romantic drama directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi and Gert Fröbe.Parish p.361 It was shot in Japan i ...

'' (1957)

References

1899 births 1967 deaths Japanese art directors Artists from Tokyo {{Japan-artist-stub