Hideo Oguni
Writing
- Born
- July 9, 1904 · Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
- Died
- February 5, 1996 (age 91)
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
April 26, 1954
Ran
June 1, 1985
Ikiru
October 9, 1952
High and Low
March 1, 1963
Throne of Blood
January 15, 1957
Sanjuro
January 1, 1962
The Hidden Fortress
December 28, 1958
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
Highest 2 Lowest
August 14, 2025
Living
November 4, 2022
Red Beard
March 4, 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
September 19, 1960
Behind the camera139
- 2025Highest 2 Lowest Original Film Writer
- 2022Living Original Film Writer
- 2008The Last Princess Original Story
- 2007Ikiru Screenplay
- 1989Seven Warriors Original Film Writer
- 1985Ran Screenplay
- 1984The Warrior and the Sorceress Original Film Writer
- 1983The Seven Magnificent Gladiators Original Film Writer
- 1982Dojo Breaker Screenplay
- 1980Battle Beyond the Stars