was a Japanese

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known for his work with film director Akira Kurosawa. Yanoguchi began working with Kurosawa on the 1949 film ''

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'', and afterwards began recording the sound for the vast majority of Kurosawa's films until dying late in the production of ''

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'' in 1985. He won the

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for the 1952 film ''

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''.Stuart Galbraith IV, ''The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography'', The Scarecrow Press, 2008, p. 88. Yanoguchi also worked on ''

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'' films such as ''

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'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1972).

Filmography

His work includes:

References

1917 births 1985 deaths Japanese audio engineers {{Japan-film-bio-stub