Hideo Oguni
Writing
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.
Filmography
Production & Directing (137)
2025
Highest 2 LowestOriginal Film Writer
5.5
2022
LivingOriginal Film Writer
7.0
2008
The Last PrincessOriginal Story
5.9
2007
IkiruScreenplay
1989
Seven WarriorsOriginal Film Writer
6.7
1985
RanScreenplay
8.0
1984
The Warrior and the SorceressOriginal Film Writer
4.4
1983
The Seven Magnificent GladiatorsOriginal Film Writer
3.2
1982
Dojo BreakerScreenplay
7.0
1980
Battle Beyond the StarsOriginal Story
5.4
1970
Dodes'ka-denScreenplay
7.1
1970
Incident at Blood PassWriter
6.9
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!Screenplay
7.2
1966
The Little RunawayScreenplay
3.0
1966
7.0
1965
A Monk in the Big City of EdoScreenplay
1965
The Man Who Killed Six WomenScreenplay
1965
Red BeardScreenplay
8.2
1964
8.5
1964
Tiger of the SeaOriginal Story
1964
1964
Samurai from NowhereWriter
7.2
1963
Rabble TacticsScreenplay
9.5
1963
High and LowScreenplay
8.4
1963
Cut the ShadowScreenplay
8.0
1963
Escape from HellScreenplay
6.8
1963
53 Stages of ActionOriginal Story
1962
Yakuza OfficialScreenplay
1962
Genkuro YoshitsuneScreenplay
1962
Secret LoveScreenplay
1962
Knightly AdviceScreenplay
7.0
1962
Good RascalsScreenplay
6.0
1962
SanjuroScreenplay
7.9
1961
Fine ManScreenplay
8.0
1961
Traveling of Two Young MenScreenplay
8.0
1961
Tabiwa OirokeScript
1961
Tabiwa OirokeWriter
1961
The Ako RetainersScreenplay
6.0
1961
The Shogun and the FishmongerScreenplay
6.5
1960
Scarier than the DevilScreenplay
7.0
1960
Mighty ShosukeScreenplay
1960
The Bad Sleep WellWriter
7.7
1960
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad SlasherScreenplay
1960
Anchin and KiyohimeWriter
4.8
1960
Lord Mito: All Star VersionScreenplay
8.3
1960
The Man Who Came to Shimizu HarborScreenplay
6.0
1960
お嬢さん三度笠Screenplay
1960
Return of the One-Armed SwordsmanScreenplay
6.0
1959
Pineapple ButaiScreenplay
10.0
1959
Blooded SpearScreenplay
7.5
1959
The Edo Official and ApprenticeOriginal Story
6.0
1959
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice ShogunScreenplay
8.2
1959
The GaijinWriter
7.0
1959
Bride of Peacock CastleScreenplay
7.5
1958
The Hidden FortressScreenplay
8.0
1958
Travels of Lord MitoScreenplay
1958
Hana no yukyo-denScreenplay
8.0
1958
Ukiyo buroScreenplay
1958
Megitsune BuroWriter
1958
The Little ActressScreenplay
1958
1958
Shogun's HolidayScreenplay
1957
Advance PatrolScreenplay
6.0
1957
The Lower DepthsScreenplay
7.1
1957
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)Screenplay
8.0
1957
Throne of BloodScreenplay
7.9
1956
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)Screenplay
6.0
1956
A Man's Flower PathOriginal Story
1956
8:13 PMAdaptation
1956
Five Patriots of KyotoScreenplay
1956
1956
Excursion to Treasure IsleScreenplay
8.0
1956
The Ghosts of YotsuyaScreenplay
6.3
1956
Fighting BirdsWriter
1956
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikaeAdaptation
1956
The Vampire MothScreenplay
4.7
1956
Warning from SpaceScreenplay
5.3
1955
Thief and MagistrateWriter
1955
I Live in FearWriter
7.3
1955
BroobaScreenplay
10.0
1955
The Beautiful NunsWriter
1954
The Black FuryWriter
8.0
1954
Seven SamuraiScreenplay
8.5
1954
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy MenScreenplay
1954
The Mysterious HouseScreenplay
1954
Utsukushiki takaScreenplay
1953
ReunionScreenplay
6.0
1953
Where Chimneys Are SeenScreenplay
6.6
1952
The Eyes of Two PeopleWriter
8.0
1952
IkiruScreenplay
8.3
1952
Dimple of TokyoScreenplay
10.0
1952
DivorceWriter
1952
Grease Paint SerenadeScreenplay
1951
PiratesWriter
10.0
1951
豪快三人男Writer
1951
ElegyStory
9.0
1950
When We Came BackWriter
1950
A Female Doctor's Examination RoomScreenplay
1949
The Elephant Who WaitedScreenplay
1949
Ghost TrainScreenplay
1949
Good-Bye!Screenplay
8.0
1948
Ghosts Die at DawnWriter
1948
Nerawareta onnaScreenplay
1947
These Foolish TimesWriter
10.0
1947
Rira no hana wasurejiAdaptation
1947
Four Love StoriesScreenplay
6.2
1947
1946
Lord for a NightScreenplay
8.0
1946
Machi no ninkishaScreenplay
1946
Iki na fûraibôScreenplay
1945
5.9
1945
Ryū no misakiScreenplay
1944
Nichijô no tatakaiScreenplay
7.0
1944
Sinking the UnsinkableScreenplay
1944
The Dawn of FreedomScreenplay
1943
The Opium WarScreenplay
8.0
1942
Onna keizuWriter
8.0
1942
The Man Who WaitedScreenplay
8.0
1942
Sky of HopeWriter
8.0
1941
A Man's Flower Road of TriumphOriginal Story
7.0
1941
A Man's Flower Road of TriumphScreenplay
7.0
1941
世紀は笑ふWriter
1941
Iemitsu and HikozaWriter
1941
6.5
1940
明朗五人男Screenplay
1940
Zoku Shimizu MinatoOriginal Story
1940
Zoku Shimizu MinatoScreenplay
1940
China NightScreenplay
10.0
1939
1939
My Daughter's Only WishWriter
7.0
1938
Yaji And Kita's Traveling DiaryScreenplay
9.0
1938
1938
Enoken's HokaiboScreenplay
1934
Happy DaughterWriter
10.0