Person
Hideo Oguni
Writing · 1904–1996 · Hachinohe, Aomori, 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.
Known for
Seven Samurai
Screenplay
Ikiru
Screenplay
High and Low
Screenplay
Highest 2 Lowest
Original Film Writer
Ran
Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Screenplay
Red Beard
Screenplay
Throne of Blood
Screenplay
Runaway Train
Story
The Hidden Fortress
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025Highest 2 LowestOriginal Film Writer
- 2022LivingOriginal Film Writer
- 2008The Last PrincessOriginal Story
- 2007IkiruScreenplay
- 1985Runaway TrainStory
- 1985RanScreenplay
- 1984The Warrior and the SorceressOriginal Film Writer
- 1982Dojo BreakerScreenplay
- 1980Battle Beyond the StarsOriginal Story
- 1970Dodes'ka-denScreenplay
- 1970Incident at Blood PassWriter
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Screenplay
- 1966The Little RunawayScreenplay
- 1966The Boss of Pick-Pocket BayScript
- 1965The Man Who Killed Six WomenScreenplay
- 1965Red BeardScreenplay
- 1964Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeScreenplay
- 1964Tiger of the SeaOriginal Story
- 1964The Man Disappears YesterdayWriter
- 1964Samurai from NowhereWriter
- 1963Rabble TacticsScreenplay
- 1963High and LowScreenplay
- 1963Cut the ShadowScreenplay
- 1963Escape from HellScreenplay
- 196353 Stages of ActionOriginal Story
- 1962Yakuza OfficialScreenplay
- 1962Genkuro YoshitsuneScreenplay
- 1962Secret LoveScreenplay
- 1962Knightly AdviceScreenplay
- 1962Good RascalsScreenplay
- 1962SanjuroScreenplay
- 1961Fine ManScreenplay
- 1961Traveling of Two Young MenScreenplay
- 1961Tabiwa OirokeScript
- 1961The Ako RetainersScreenplay
- 1961The Shogun and the FishmongerScreenplay
- 1960Scarier than the DevilScreenplay
- 1960Mighty ShosukeScreenplay
- 1960The Bad Sleep WellWriter
- 1960Onatsu Detective Case: Mad SlasherScreenplay
- 1960Anchin and KiyohimeWriter
- 1960Lord Mito: All Star VersionScreenplay
- 1960The Man Who Came to Shimizu HarborScreenplay
- 1960お嬢さん三度笠Screenplay
- 1960Return of the One-Armed SwordsmanScreenplay
- 1959Pineapple ButaiScreenplay
- 1959Blooded SpearScreenplay
- 1959The Edo Official and ApprenticeOriginal Story
- 1959Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice ShogunScreenplay
- 1959The GaijinWriter
- 1959Bride of Peacock CastleScreenplay
- 1958The Hidden FortressScreenplay
- 1958Travels of Lord MitoScreenplay
- 1958Hana no yukyo-denScreenplay
- 1958Ukiyo buroScreenplay
- 1958Megitsune BuroWriter
- 1958The Little ActressScreenplay
- 1958Tabi wa kimagure kaze makaseWriter
- 1958Shogun's HolidayScreenplay
- 1957Advance PatrolScreenplay
- 1957The Lower DepthsScreenplay
- 1957The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)Screenplay
- 1957Throne of BloodScreenplay
- 1956The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)Screenplay
- 1956Five Patriots of KyotoScreenplay
- 1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin SpiderWriter
- 1956Excursion to Treasure IsleScreenplay
- 1956The Ghosts of YotsuyaScreenplay
- 1956Fighting BirdsWriter
- 1956The Vampire MothScreenplay
- 1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the BathhouseScreenplay
- 1956Warning from SpaceScreenplay
- 1955Thief and MagistrateWriter
- 1955I Live in FearWriter
- 1955BroobaScreenplay
- 1955The Beautiful NunsWriter
- 1954The Black FuryWriter
- 1954Seven SamuraiScreenplay
- 1954My Six Favorite Men — Speedy MenScreenplay
- 1954The Mysterious HouseScreenplay
- 1953ReunionScreenplay
- 1953Where Chimneys Are SeenScreenplay
- 1952The Eyes of Two PeopleWriter
- 1952IkiruScreenplay
- 1952Dimple of TokyoScreenplay
- 1952DivorceWriter
- 1952Grease Paint SerenadeScreenplay
- 1951PiratesWriter
- 1951豪快三人男Writer
- 1951ElegyStory
- 1950When We Came BackWriter
- 1950A Female Doctor's Examination RoomScreenplay
- 1949The Elephant Who WaitedScreenplay
- 1949Ghost TrainScreenplay
- 1949Good-Bye!Screenplay
- 1948Ghosts Die at DawnWriter
- 1948Nerawareta onnaScreenplay
- 1947These Foolish TimesWriter
- 1947Rira no hana wasurejiAdaptation
- 1947Four Love StoriesScreenplay
- 1947A Luxurious Ship for the BridegroomScript
- 1946Lord for a NightScreenplay
- 1946Machi no ninkishaScreenplay
- 1946Iki na fûraibôScreenplay
- 1945A Tale of Archery at the SanjusangendoWriter
- 1945Ryū no misakiScreenplay
- 1944Nichijô no tatakaiScreenplay
- 1944Sinking the UnsinkableScreenplay
- 1944The Dawn of FreedomScreenplay
- 1943The Opium WarScreenplay
- 1942Onna keizuWriter
- 1942The Man Who WaitedScreenplay
- 1942Sky of HopeWriter
- 1941A Man's Flower Road of TriumphScreenplay
- 1941Iemitsu and HikozaWriter
- 1941The Man Who Disappeared YesterdayWriter
- 1940明朗五人男Screenplay
- 1940Zoku Shimizu MinatoOriginal Story
- 1940China NightScreenplay
- 1939Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New YearOriginal Story
- 1939My Daughter's Only WishWriter
- 1938Yaji And Kita's Traveling DiaryScreenplay
- 1938Mito Komon's Pleasure TripWriter
- 1938Enoken's HokaiboScreenplay
- 1934Happy DaughterWriter
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