Hideo Oguni
Known for writing · Born 9 July 1904 · Died 5 February 1996 · aged 91 · Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
136 credits
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
1954
Ran
1985
Ikiru
1952
High and Low
1963
Throne of Blood
1957
Sanjuro
1962
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Living
2022
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
Red Beard
1965
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Crew (3)
1966The Boss of Pick-Pocket BayScriptFilm
1961Tabiwa OirokeScript, WriterFilm
1947A Luxurious Ship for the BridegroomScriptFilm
Writing (133)
2025Highest 2 LowestOriginal Film WriterFilm
2022LivingOriginal Film WriterFilm
2008The Last PrincessOriginal StoryFilm
2007IkiruScreenplayFilm
1989Seven WarriorsOriginal Film WriterFilm
1985RanScreenplayFilm
1984The Warrior and the SorceressOriginal Film WriterFilm
1983The Seven Magnificent GladiatorsOriginal Film WriterFilm
1982Dojo BreakerScreenplayFilm
1980Battle Beyond the StarsOriginal StoryFilm
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!ScreenplayFilm
1970Dodes'ka-denScreenplayFilm
1970Incident at Blood PassWriterFilm
1966The Little RunawayScreenplayFilm
1965Red BeardScreenplayFilm
1965The Man Who Killed Six WomenScreenplayFilm
1965A Monk in the Big City of EdoScreenplayFilm
1964Samurai from NowhereWriterFilm
1964Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeScreenplayFilm
1964Tiger of the SeaOriginal StoryFilm
1964The Man Disappears YesterdayWriterFilm
1963High and LowScreenplayFilm
1963Escape from HellScreenplayFilm
1963Rabble TacticsScreenplayFilm
1963Cut the ShadowScreenplayFilm
196353 Stages of ActionOriginal StoryFilm
1962SanjuroScreenplayFilm
1962Good RascalsScreenplayFilm
1962Knightly AdviceScreenplayFilm
1962Yakuza OfficialScreenplayFilm
1962Genkuro YoshitsuneScreenplayFilm
1962Secret LoveScreenplayFilm
1961The Ako RetainersScreenplayFilm
1961The Shogun and the FishmongerScreenplayFilm
1961Fine ManScreenplayFilm
1961Traveling of Two Young MenScreenplayFilm
1960The Bad Sleep WellWriterFilm
1960Return of the One-Armed SwordsmanScreenplayFilm
1960Anchin and KiyohimeWriterFilm
1960Lord Mito: All Star VersionScreenplayFilm
1960Scarier than the DevilScreenplayFilm
1960The Man Who Came to Shimizu HarborScreenplayFilm
1960Onatsu Detective Case: Mad SlasherScreenplayFilm
1960Mighty ShosukeScreenplayFilm
1960お嬢さん三度笠ScreenplayFilm
1959Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice ShogunScreenplayFilm
1959Blooded SpearScreenplayFilm
1959Bride of Peacock CastleScreenplayFilm
1959Pineapple ButaiScreenplayFilm
1959The Edo Official and ApprenticeOriginal StoryFilm
1959The GaijinWriterFilm
1958The Hidden FortressScreenplayFilm
1958Hana no yukyo-denScreenplayFilm
1958Shogun's HolidayScreenplayFilm
1958Travels of Lord MitoScreenplayFilm
1958Tabi wa kimagure kaze makaseWriterFilm
1958Megitsune BuroWriterFilm
1958Ukiyo buroScreenplayFilm
1958The Little ActressScreenplayFilm
1957Throne of BloodScreenplayFilm
1957The Lower DepthsScreenplayFilm
1957Advance PatrolScreenplayFilm
1957The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)ScreenplayFilm
1957Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjōScreenplayFilm
1957Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 punAdaptationFilm
1957Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashikiAdaptationFilm
1956Warning from SpaceScreenplayFilm
1956The Vampire MothScreenplayFilm
1956The Ghosts of YotsuyaScreenplayFilm
1956The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)ScreenplayFilm
1956Excursion to Treasure IsleScreenplayFilm
1956Fighting BirdsWriterFilm
1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin SpiderWriterFilm
1956Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the BathhouseScreenplayFilm
1956Five Patriots of KyotoScreenplayFilm
1956A Man's Flower PathOriginal StoryFilm
1956Kin Toyama-san's Detective Story: Man in the ShadowsScreenplayFilm
1956Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikaeAdaptationFilm
19568:13 PMAdaptationFilm
1955I Live in FearWriterFilm
1955BroobaScreenplayFilm
1955The Beautiful NunsWriterFilm
1955Thief and MagistrateWriterFilm
1954Seven SamuraiScreenplayFilm
1954The Black FuryWriterFilm
1954The Mysterious HouseScreenplayFilm
1954My Six Favorite Men — Speedy MenScreenplayFilm
1954Utsukushiki takaScreenplayFilm
1953Where Chimneys Are SeenScreenplayFilm
1953ReunionScreenplayFilm
1952IkiruScreenplayFilm
1952The Eyes of Two PeopleWriterFilm
1952Dimple of TokyoScreenplayFilm
1952DivorceWriterFilm
1952Grease Paint SerenadeScreenplayFilm
1951ElegyStoryFilm
1951PiratesWriterFilm
1951豪快三人男WriterFilm
1950When We Came BackWriterFilm
1950A Female Doctor's Examination RoomScreenplayFilm
1949Good-Bye!ScreenplayFilm
1949Ghost TrainScreenplayFilm
1949The Elephant Who WaitedScreenplayFilm
1948Ghosts Die at DawnWriterFilm
1948Nerawareta onnaScreenplayFilm
1947Four Love StoriesScreenplayFilm
1947These Foolish TimesWriterFilm
1947Rira no hana wasurejiAdaptationFilm
1946Lord for a NightScreenplayFilm
1946Iki na fûraibôScreenplayFilm
1946Machi no ninkishaScreenplayFilm
1945A Tale of Archery at the SanjusangendoWriterFilm
1945Ryū no misakiScreenplayFilm
1944Nichijô no tatakaiScreenplayFilm
1944The Dawn of FreedomScreenplayFilm
1944Sinking the UnsinkableScreenplayFilm
1943The Opium WarScreenplayFilm
1942The Man Who WaitedScreenplayFilm
1942Sky of HopeWriterFilm
1942Onna keizuWriterFilm
1941The Man Who Disappeared YesterdayWriterFilm
1941A Man's Flower Road of TriumphOriginal Story, ScreenplayFilm
1941Iemitsu and HikozaWriterFilm
1941世紀は笑ふWriterFilm
1940China NightScreenplayFilm
1940明朗五人男ScreenplayFilm
1940Zoku Shimizu MinatoOriginal Story, ScreenplayFilm
1939My Daughter's Only WishWriterFilm
1939Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New YearScreenplay, Original StoryFilm
1938Yaji And Kita's Traveling DiaryScreenplayFilm
1938Enoken's HokaiboScreenplayFilm
1938Mito Komon's Pleasure TripWriterFilm
1934Happy DaughterWriterFilm