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Hideo Oguni
Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 9, 1904Died 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 Screenplay |
1984 | The Warrior and the Sorceress · as Original Film Writer |
1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Screenplay |
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Screenplay |
1970 | |
1966 | Chiisai tôbôsha · as Screenplay |
1966 | |
1965 | Red Beard · as Screenplay |
1964 | Eight Pirates · as Screenplay |
1964 | |
1964 | |
1963 | Cut the Shadow · as Screenplay |
1963 | High and Low · as Screenplay |
1963 | Escape from Hell · as Screenplay |
1962 | Knightly Advice · as Screenplay |
1962 | Good Rascals · as Screenplay |
1962 | Sanjuro · as Screenplay |
1961 | Aoi no abarembo · as Screenplay |
1961 | Ronin of Ako · as Screenplay |
1961 | The Shogun and the Fishmonger · as Screenplay |
1960 | |
1960 | |
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 | The Shogun Travels Incognito · as Screenplay |
1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as Screenplay |
1958 | |
1957 | Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri · as Screenplay |
1957 | The Lower Depths · as Screenplay |
1957 | Throne of Blood · as Screenplay |
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 Screenplay |
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1955 | |
1954 | Seven Samurai · as Screenplay |
1954 | |
1953 | Reunion · as Screenplay |
1953 | |
1953 | |
1953 | Where Chimneys Are Seen · as Screenplay |
1952 | Ikiru · as Screenplay |
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