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.
Kazuko Kurosawa was born in 1954 in Tokyo as the daughter of Akira Kurosawa.[1] She was born during the completion party for the film Seven Samurai, which had released three days earlier.[2] 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 every day and grounded in order to prevent a potential kidnapping.[3]
She studied as a stylist at the Sun Design Institute.[4]
Kurosawa provided the costumes for Zatōichi.[5] She was also in charge of the costume design for the taiga drama Awaiting Kirin.[6]
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.[7]
