Hideo Oguni

Hideo Oguni

Deceased · Born: Jul 9, 1904 · Died: Feb 5, 1996

Personal Details

BornJul 9, 1904 Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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.

Career

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1985
Ran
Ran as Screenplay
{"id":18445,"title":"Tora! Tora! Tora!","year":"1970","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/tora-tora-tora","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5fmfdlah11o0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5fmfdlah11o0.jpg"},"released":1}
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Screenplay
{"id":222245,"title":"Dodes'ka-den","year":"1970","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/dodeska-den","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_222245.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_222245.jpg"},"released":1}
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den as Screenplay
{"id":225025,"title":"Red Beard","year":"1965","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/red-beard","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_225025.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_225025.jpg"},"released":1}
1965
Red Beard
Red Beard as Screenplay
{"id":108535,"title":"High and Low","year":"1963","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/high-and-low","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4d3e3rs94gh0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4d3e3rs94gh0.jpg"},"released":1}
1963
High and Low
High and Low as Screenplay
{"id":26943,"title":"Sanjuro","year":"1962","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/sanjuro","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/usje404a5900.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/usje404a5900.jpg"},"released":1}
1962
Sanjuro
Sanjuro as Screenplay
{"id":35090,"title":"The Bad Sleep Well","year":"1960","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-bad-sleep-well","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_35090.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_35090.jpg"},"released":1}
1960
{"id":12648,"title":"The Hidden Fortress","year":"1958","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-hidden-fortress","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5gigp3tqtqi0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5gigp3tqtqi0.jpg"},"released":1}
1958
{"id":117678,"title":"Throne of Blood","year":"1957","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/throne-of-blood","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/li69n62drv40.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/li69n62drv40.jpg"},"released":1}
1957
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood as Screenplay
{"id":117759,"title":"The Lower Depths","year":"1957","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-lower-depths","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_117759.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_117759.jpg"},"released":1}
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths as Screenplay
{"id":119855,"title":"Uch\u00fbjin T\u00f4ky\u00f4 ni arawaru","year":"1956","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/uchujin-tokyo-ni-arawaru","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_119855.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_119855.jpg"},"released":1}
1956
{"id":220961,"title":"I Live in Fear","year":"1955","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/i-live-in-fear","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_220961.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_220961.jpg"},"released":1}
1955
{"id":26540,"title":"Seven Samurai","year":"1954","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/seven-samurai","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5brp2vfoapu0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5brp2vfoapu0.jpg"},"released":1}
1954
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai as Screenplay
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1952
Ikiru
Ikiru as Screenplay