After two Academy Award nominations for his work doing makeup and hairstyling on the films ¡°Click¡± (2006) and ¡°Norbit¡± (2007), Kazuhiro Tsuji finally got his hands on an Oscar to call his own at last month¡¯s ceremony.
The 48-year-old Kyoto native was recognized for the dazzling feat of turning Gary Oldman into British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for Joe Wright¡¯s pulsating blockbuster ¡°Darkest Hour.¡±
¡°I¡¯d heard we¡¯d probably win, so I wasn¡¯t surprised by the announcement,¡± Tsuji tells The Japan Times, though he admits he still ¡°spent the night worrying about (his) speech.¡±
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