Kohei Ezaki
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was a Japanese
Nihonga
painter from Takatō, Nagano
. He was a pupil of Seison Maeda.
He was also engaged in movies as an art director
and costume designer
, nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design
for his work in Akira Kurosawa
's legendary film Seven Samurai (1954).
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
Nihonga
Nihonga
or literally "Japanese-style paintings" is a term used to describe paintings that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials...
painter from Takatō, Nagano
Takato, Nagano
was a town located in Kamiina District, Nagano, Japan.On March 31, 2006 Takatō, along with the village of Hase, also from Kamiina District, was merged into the expanded city of Ina....
. He was a pupil of Seison Maeda.
He was also engaged in movies as an art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
and costume designer
Costume Designer
A costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
, nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design
Academy Award for Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in film costume design....
for his work in Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
's legendary film Seven Samurai (1954).