Hideo Oguni

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.

Known For

Seven Samurai
Ran
Ikiru
High and Low
Throne of Blood
The Hidden Fortress
Birth Location Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Born 1904-07-09
Died 1996-02-05
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Movies

Living Original Film Writer
2022
The Last Princess Original Story
2008
Ikiru Screenplay
2007
Ran Screenplay
1985
The Warrior and the Sorceress Original Film Writer
1984
Dojo Breaker Screenplay
1982
Dodes'ka-den Screenplay
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! Screenplay
1970
The Little Runaway Screenplay
1966
Red Beard Screenplay
1965
Tiger of the Sea Original Story
1964
1964
Rabble Tactics Screenplay
1963
Cut the Shadow Screenplay
1963
High and Low Screenplay
1963
Escape from Hell Screenplay
1963
53 Stages of Action Original Story
1963
Yakuza Official Screenplay
1962
Genkuro Yoshitsune Screenplay
1962
Shinobi ai Screenplay
1962
Knightly Advice Screenplay
1962
Good Rascals Screenplay
1962
Sanjuro Screenplay
1962
Fine Man Screenplay
1961
Tabiwa Oiroke Writer
1961
Tabiwa Oiroke Script
1961
The Ako Retainers Screenplay
1961
1960
Mighty Shosuke Screenplay
1960
1960
1960
Pineapple Butai Screenplay
1959
Blooded Spear Screenplay
1959
1959
The Gaijin Writer
1959
1959
The Hidden Fortress Screenplay
1958
1958
花の遊侠伝 Screenplay
1958
1958
Shogun's Holiday Screenplay
1958
Advance Patrol Screenplay
1957
The Lower Depths Screenplay
1957
Throne of Blood Screenplay
1957
Sisters of Destiny Screenplay
1956
1956
1956
1956
The Vampire Moth Screenplay
1956
Warning from Space Screenplay
1956
1955
1955
Brooba Screenplay
1955
1955
1954
Seven Samurai Screenplay
1954
Reunion Screenplay
1953
1953
Ikiru Screenplay
1952
Dimple of Tokyo Screenplay
1952
Divorce Writer
1952
Pirates Writer
1951
1951
Elegy Story
1951
1950
Ghost Train Screenplay
1949
1947
1947
Four Love Stories Screenplay
1947
Lord for a Night Screenplay
1946
Iki na fûraibô Screenplay
1946
Ryū no misaki Screenplay
1945
Nichijô no tatakai Screenplay
1944
1944
The Dawn of Freedom Screenplay
1944
The Opium War Screenplay
1943
Onna keizu Writer
1942
The Man Who Waited Screenplay
1942
Sky of Hope Writer
1942
1941
1941
明朗五人男 Screenplay
1940
Zoku Shimizu Minato Screenplay
1940
Zoku Shimizu Minato Original Story
1940
China Night Screenplay
1940
Enoken's Hokaibo Screenplay
1938
1934
High and Low Original Film Writer
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