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Kōhei Oguri

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 29, 1945 (80 years old)

Place of Birth
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Kōhei Oguri

Biography

Kōhei Oguri (小栗康平, Oguri Kōhei, born October 29, 1945, in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Born in Gunma, Oguri first became a freelance assistant director after graduating from Waseda University. He made his directorial debut in 1981 with Muddy River, which earned him both a Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and a citation in the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. Muddy River was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Silver Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. His film The Sting of Death won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. He has also authored several books.

Known For

Directing

2015Foujita...Director
2005The Buried Forest...Director
1996Sleeping Man...Director
1990The Sting of Death...Director
1984For Kayako...Director
1981Muddy River...Director
1977House...First Assistant Director
1974Himiko...Assistant Director
1973Zone Fighter...Director
1969Double Suicide...Assistant Director

Writing

2015Foujita...Writer
2005The Buried Forest...Writer
1996Sleeping Man...Screenplay
1990The Sting of Death...Writer
1984For Kayako...Writer
1973Zone Fighter...Writer

Acting

2011Japanese Cinema: New Territoriesas Self
2006What's a Director?as