Takamura Mukuo

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Takamura Mukuo was a famous art director from Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. He was a graduate of Musashino Art University, where he majored in Western Painting. After graduating in 1963, Mukuo joined Tokyo Movie Studio and started his career as a background artist for animation. In 1966, he established his own studio, Mukuo Group and Mukuo Studio in 1968, which was incorporated three years later in 1971. Some of his best known works include the feature film Cello Hiki no Gauche and Haha o Tazunete Sanzenri, part of the WMT series, both directed by Isao Takahata. For the latter he visited actual…