Kisaku Itō

Kisaku Itō
Born1 August 1899
Tokyo
Died31 March 1967(1967-03-31) (aged 67)
OccupationArt Director
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction

Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔, Itō Kisaku, 1 August 1899 – 31 March 1967[1]) was a Japanese art director.

He was born in Tokyo.[1] He developed a skill in drawing, and became among the most prominent set designers in Japanese cinema following World War II.[2]

He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction for the 1953 film Ugetsu.[3] In 1955, he served as art director for She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "伊藤熹朔". Kodansha. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ Takashi Sasayama; J. R. Mulryne; Margaret Shewring (1998). Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage. Cambridge University Press. p. 54. ISBN 0521470439.
  3. ^ "8th (1953)". Mainichi Film Awards. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. ^ Jacek Klinowski; Adam Garbicz; Jacek Klinowski; Adam Garbicz (2012). Feature Cinema in the 20th Century: Volume Two: 1951-1963: A Comprehensive Guide. Planet RGB Limited. ISBN 978-1624075650.


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