, a.k.a. Sō Matsuda and Sō Matsuyama, was a Japanese production designer and

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. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction: the first time for his work in '' Rashomon'' (1950), and the second time for his work in ''

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'' (1954). In 1950 he won the award for Best Art Direction at the

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for

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, directed by Akira Kurosawa. 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.

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* Japanese art directors Japanese production designers 1908 births 1977 deaths Japanese designers {{artdirector-stub