Behind The Scenes Of "Twelve Hours In Changan" Is A Kurosawa'S Daughter Kurosawa Kazuko.

"Twelve hours in Changan" has been widely distributed throughout the country. The characters in the play are exquisitely styled, beautifully made up and props, so that people are especially curious about the staff behind the scenes. One of them is very special, that is, Sawa Kazuko, who is the director of fashion modeling.

Someone may not know who she is, but she should have heard of her father Kurosawa. As the daughter of Japanese film masters, Kurosawa Kazuko will be known as the prefix of "Kurosawa's daughter" wherever she goes. In fact, she has long been an indispensable "pillar" of Japanese film and television costume design.

In 2018, with the costume design of Hirokazu Kore Eda's film thief family, Kurosawa Kazuko won the award of science and Technology Minister of Japanese Art Award.

Kurosawa Kazuko was born in Tokyo in 1954. He studied high school in Chengcheng college. Later, he entered Sun Design to learn styling design. He also went to the Design Institute of East clothing research institute to learn. After graduation, he set up a design company to work as a stylist.

When the actor's mother died, Kurosawa Kazuko began to take care of his father's life. After contact, he found that two people were very similar. There were many topics to talk about, and they could talk for 6~8 hours. Some time when Kurosawa Kazuko was preparing meals, Kurosawa suddenly asked, "do you want to join the Blackpool group tomorrow?"

This is followed by the story that Kurosawa Kazuko joined his father's company Kurosawa Production, his father as secretary, "accidentally entered the clothing department." At present, Kurosawa Production is run by Kurosawa's son Kurosawa Kuxiong, and Kurosawa Kazuko is the company director.

In 1988, Kurosawa Kazuko formally joined in and was responsible for the costume design work of Kurosawa's last three films, the dream, the Rhapsody in August and the sunset sunset. "I am still impressed by the fact that (father's clothes) can show character and his past life."

Kurosawa Kazuko's official debut as a film and TV fashion designer is also Koizumi Shi's film "rain stopped" after Kurosawa died two years ago. This film is an unfinished work by Kurosawa.

Since then, she has worked with a number of famous Japanese directors. She has been involved in historical dramas and modern dramas, and is the backbone of Japanese film and television costume design industry. "(the most extreme is to do the old thing) is to damage the fabric fibers one by one. If you don't have enough time, you will also use the potion, but try to spend time. During the day, you will be exposed to the washing machine in the evening and sandpaper mill. The line should also be worn out with a little bit of abrasive paper.

At present, Kurosawa Kazuko has 4~6 films and TV plays every year. "There are so few fashion designers in the movie industry that I am too busy to stop. If young people join in this industry, I will be able to give myself a summer vacation, please."

In addition to being active in the film industry, Kurosawa Kazuko has also participated in many TV dramas, such as the NHK morning drama "the elder sister", the NHK River drama (the Japanese historical drama), the Xixiang hall, and the Qilin come (2020) costume design.

For years of film and television costume design work, Kurosawa Kazuko stressed: "anything will be shown through the big screen. Who does what kind of work, psychological activities and so on will be presented. Attention should be paid to kimono's cuffs, corners, necklines, loops, colors such as the colors in the kimono, and so on. The film and clothing and its design are not to show the designer's personal ideas and ideas, but to close to the world created by the director and add flowers to the actors' performances.

The effect of fashion design is that clothing itself is a work of art, and film and television clothing is an integral part of "comprehensive art".

For example, "father like son" (the story changes around the protagonist find the wrong child, the change of mental activity, become a real father to start), Fukuyama Masaharu and Nakagawa Masaya play the two father, for example, two people come from different classes, "Fukuyama Masaharu's working family father will consider buying ordinary suit, while Nakagawa Masaya's father wears it." What does not care, the shopping spots that often go can also reflect the difference between the two families. What kind of life is that person living in? These are the facts that must be confirmed one by one, not just by imagination! "

In 2017, Tsutsumi Yukihiko was nominated for the Eleventh Asian Film Award for best shape design award, based on the costume design of the movie "Ten Heroes of real estate" directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko.

About film and television costume design, Kurosawa Kazuko said: "the film is a director's work, remember this, and prepare the clothes that match the image is my work. The ideal state is that the audience is finished, and they have no impression of clothing at all. He also believes that it is one of his jobs to figure out the director's mind, "to understand what the director wants to express through his work and how to express it (also my work). Film is a combination of perception and intuition.

Although the starting point is very high, Kurosawa Kazuko is no longer just a "Kurosawa's daughter" but a respected designer. Her father said, "my heart always has passion and I do not admit defeat. My father has inherited me."

In 2017, the Xichuan multi photo Memorial Hall in Kamakura, Japan, held a special exhibition, "the work of Kurosawa Kazuko, a movie costumes designer." she displayed 100 items of props, posters, manuscripts, and costumes appearing in the films.

Kurosawa Kazuko's works include:

Yamada Yoji directed the movie: "a point of the Samurai", "the Tokyo family", "the Qing Dynasty soldiers in the twilight", "hidden sword and ghost claw", "family's bitterness".

Takeshi directed the film: "the first city", "the evil is not the road", "the evil is not the road 2", "the evil is not the road 3", "dragon three and his seven party"...

Hirokazu Kore Eda directs the movie: "father as son", "step by step", "deeper than sea", "flower dancer" and "thief family".