Kazuko Kurosawa
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Kazuko Kurosawa (黒澤 和子, Kurosawa Kazuko, born April 29, 1954) is a Japanese costume designer. She is the daughter of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and actress Yōko Yaguchi.
Life
[edit]Born in 1954 in Tokyo as the daughter of Akira Kurosawa,[1] upon the release of his film High and Low in Japan, people called the Kurosawa household and threatened to kidnap Kazuko. As a precaution, she was driven to and from school everyday, and grounded in order to prevent a potential kidnapping.[2]
She studied as a stylist at the Sun Design Institute.[3]
Kurosawa provided the costumes for Zatōichi.[4] She was also in charge of the costume design for the taiga drama Awaiting Kirin.[5]
She won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design.
Her son is actor Takayuki Kato. She is married to Haruyuki Katō, the son of actor Daisuke Katō.[6]
Recognition
[edit]- 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Silk - Won (with Carlo Poggioli)
References
[edit]- ^ "黒澤和子 プロフィール" [Kazuko Kurosawa Profile]. Kouenirai (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ Kurosawa 2000, p. 30.
- ^ "黒澤和子 プロフィール" [Kazuko Kurosawa Profile]. Kouenirai (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ Mes, Tom (5 November 2003). "Midnight Eye interview: Takeshi Kitano". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ NHK. "黒子の美学 "麒麟がくる"衣装デザイナー・黒澤和子の世界" [Kuroko's Aesthetics: The World of "Awaiting Kirin" with Costume Designer Kazuko Kurosawa]. NHK Archives (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ grandson by Kazuko
Bibliography
[edit]- Kurosawa, Kazuko (2000). パパ、黒澤明 [Papa, Kurosawa Akira] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Bungei Shunjū.
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