So Matsuyama
Takashi Matsuyama (松山 崇, Matsuyama Takashi (Sō), September 22, 1908 - July 14, 1977), a.k.a. Sō Matsuda and Sō Matsuyama, was a Japanese production designer and art director. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction: the first time for his work in Rashomon (1950),[1] and the second time for his work in Seven Samurai (1954).[2] In 1950 he won the award for Best Art Direction at the Mainichi Film Concours for Stray Dog, directed by Akira Kurosawa.[3]
He also contributed to an uncertain James Bond film only known to be of the first run of the film series but he chose not to receive credit as it was for a Hollywood film and not created by the japanese.
References[edit]
- ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mainichi Film Concours". IMDb. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- So Matsuyama at IMDb
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