Hideo Oguni
Writer
July 9, 1904 — February 5, 1996 (91 years)
Hideo Oguni (小国 英雄 Oguni Hideo, 9 July 1904 – 5 February 1996) was a Japanese writer who wrote over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays for a number of films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. His first film with Kurosawa was Ikiru, and according to film professor Catherine Russell, it was Oguni who devised that film's two-part structure. Film critic Donald Richie regarded him as the "humanist" among Kurosawa's writers. In 2013, Oguni and frequent screenwriting collaborators Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Ryūzō Kikushima were awarded the Jean Renoir Award by the Writers Guild of America West.
Writing credits other than for Kurosawa films include Heinosuke Gosho's Entotsu no mieru basho in 1953, Koji Shima's Warning from Space in 1956, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Machibuse in 1970.
Writing credits other than for Kurosawa films include Heinosuke Gosho's Entotsu no mieru basho in 1953, Koji Shima's Warning from Space in 1956, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Machibuse in 1970.
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Filmography
| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest · as Original Film Writer |
| 2022 | Living · as Original Film Writer |
| 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjûrô · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Ran · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1984 | The Warrior and the Sorceress · as Original Film WriterOn Plex |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Screenplay |
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| 1966 | Chiisai tôbôsha · as Screenplay |
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| 1965 | Red Beard · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Eight Pirates · as Screenplay |
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| 1963 | High and Low · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1963 | Escape from Hell · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Hashizô no yakuza hangan · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Knightly Advice · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Good Rascals · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Ronin of Ako · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | The Shogun and the Fishmonger · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Scarier Than the Devil · as Screenplay |
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| 1960 | Lord Mito 3: All Star Version · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Tange Sazen: yoto nuretsubame · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Blooded Spear · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | The Shogun Travels Incognito · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1957 | Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1956 | The Ghost of Yotsuya · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Kyûketsu-ga · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Zenigata Heijitori monohikae: Shi bijin buro · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | Warning from Space · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1954 | Seven Samurai · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Where Chimneys Are Seen · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | Ikiru · as Screenplay |
| 1947 | Four Love Stories · as Screenplay |
| 1945 | |
| 1938 | Yajikita dôchûki · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Seven · as Based On The Screenplay By |
| 2008 | Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess · as Original Story |
| 1985 | Runaway Train · as Story |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars · as Original StoryOn Plex |
| 1968 | The Last Day of Hsianyang · as Original ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1964 | Kaizokusen: Umi no tora · as Original Story |
| 1963 | Dai abare gojûsan tsugi · as Original Story |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven · as Screenplay "shichinin No Samurai"On Plex |
| 1959 | Magistrate Toyama 4: Edo Official and Apprentice · as Original Story |
| 1951 | Nyozoku to hangan · as Story |