What does the film dramatizes for which Yoshiro Muraki was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work?
Yoshirō Muraki Yoshiro Muraki (August 15, 1924 – October 26, 2009) was a Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the films "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), and "Ran" (1985). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design for his work in "Yojimbo" (1961). He is most well known for his collaborations with director Akira Kurosawa, having done work on all of Kurosawa's films from "Record of a Living Being" (1955) onward, with the exception of "Dersu Uzala" (1975).
Blue Spring (film) Blue Spring (青い春 , Aoi haru ) is a 2002 Japanese youth drama film, written and directed by Toshiaki Toyoda and based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga of same title. It tells a tale of apathetic school students at a run-down Tokyo high school for boys. It was released on June 29, 2002.