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Hideo Oguni

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Hideo Oguni
小国おぐに英雄ひでお
Hideo Oguni in 1948
Born(1904-07-09)9 July 1904
Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture[citation needed]
Died5 February 1996(1996-02-05) (aged 91)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationScreenwriter
Known forIkiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress

Hideo Oguni (小国おぐに 英雄ひでお, Oguni Hideo, 9 July 1904 – 5 February 1996[1]) 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, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress.[2] 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.[3] Film critic Donald Richie regarded him as the "humanist" among Kurosawa's writers.[4] 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.[5]

Writing credits other than for Kurosawa films include Heinosuke Gosho's Where Chimneys Are Seen in 1953, Koji Shima's Warning from Space in 1956, Bin Kato's Heiji Zenigata: Chase the Demon Lantern in 1958, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Machibuse in 1970.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Oguni Hideo". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Hideo Oguni". IMDb. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ^ Russell, C. (2011). Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited. A&C Black. p. 92. ISBN 9781441133274.
  4. ^ Richie, D. (2012). A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. Kodansha. p. 118. ISBN 9781568364391.
  5. ^ Sunrider, V. (29 January 2013). "Akira Kurosawa to Receive Writers Guild Award". Filmofilia. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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