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|name =Akira Sakuragi | |name =Akira Sakuragi | ||
|image =Akira Sakuragi profile.JPG | |image =Akira Sakuragi profile.JPG | ||
|caption =Sakuragi in 2015 | |caption =Akira Sakuragi in 2015. Photo by Brett Homenick | ||
|occupation = | |occupation =Production designer | ||
|birthday =April 11, 1937 | |birthday =April 11, [[1937]] | ||
|birthplace =[[wikipedia:Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]], [[Japan]] | |birthplace =[[wikipedia:Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]], [[Japan]] | ||
|first =''Big Shots Die at Dawn'' (1961) | |first =''[[jawp:顔役暁に死す|Big Shots Die at Dawn]]'' (1961) | ||
|notable =''[[wikipedia:Dreams (1990 film)|Dreams]]'' (1990) | |notable =''[[wikipedia:Dreams (1990 film)|Dreams]]'' (1990) | ||
|imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757306/ | |imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757306/ | ||
|wikipedia | |wikipedia-ja =https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/櫻木晶 | ||
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'''Akira Sakuragi''' {{Nihongo|櫻木 晶|Sakuragi Akira}} is a | {{Need sources}} | ||
'''Akira Sakuragi''' {{Nihongo|櫻木 晶|Sakuragi Akira}} is a [[Japan]]ese production designer who led the drama-unit art departments of [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]' [[kaiju]] films ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' and ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''. Over the course of his career, he has accrued three [[wikipedia:Japan Academy Film Prize|Japanese Academy Award]] nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: with [[wikipedia:Yoshirō Muraki|Yoshiro Muraki]] for [[wikipedia:Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Dreams (1990 film)|Dreams]]'' in [[1990]], and by himself for [[wikipedia:Kon Ichikawa|Kon Ichikawa]]'s ''[[jawp:八つ墓村 (1996年の映画)|The 8-Tomb Village]]'' in [[1996]] and [[wikipedia:Mitsuo Kurotsuchi|Mitsuo Kurotsuchi]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Samurai I Loved|The Samurai I Loved]]'' in [[2005]]. | |||
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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
=== | ===Art assistant=== | ||
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984) | *''[[wikipedia:Hi no Tori (film)|The Phoenix]]'' (1978) [uncredited] | ||
=== | *''[[wikipedia:Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin|Pink Lady's Motion Picture]]'' (1978) | ||
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984) | |||
===Production designer=== | |||
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) | *''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) | ||
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998) | *''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998) | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
Sakuragi Akira.JPG | Sakuragi Akira.JPG|Akira Sakuragi in 2015. Photo by Brett Homenick | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2015/05/godzillas-director-and-art-director.html | *[https://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2015/05/godzillas-director-and-art-director.html Brett Homenick blog post on Akira Sakuragi and Kensho Yamashita (5/2/2015)] | ||
{{Real People}} | {{Real People|tab=Art}} | ||
{{Comments}} | {{Comments}} | ||
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[[Category:Real people]] | [[Category:Real people]] | ||
[[Category:Artists]] | [[Category:Artists]] | ||
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Akira Sakuragi (櫻木 晶 Sakuragi Akira) is a Japanese production designer who led the drama-unit art departments of Toho Pictures' kaiju films The Return of Godzilla and Rebirth of Mothra 3. Over the course of his career, he has accrued three Japanese Academy Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: with Yoshiro Muraki for Akira Kurosawa's Dreams in 1990, and by himself for Kon Ichikawa's The 8-Tomb Village in 1996 and Mitsuo Kurotsuchi's The Samurai I Loved in 2005.
Selected filmography
Art assistant
- The Phoenix (1978) [uncredited]
- Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978)
- Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
Production designer
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998)
Gallery
Akira Sakuragi in 2015. Photo by Brett Homenick
External links
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