Kōhei Oguri

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-10-29 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Kohei Oguri

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

Director

2015
Foujita

as Director

2005
The Buried Forest

as Director

1996
Sleeping Man

as Director

1990
The Sting of Death

as Director

1984
For Kayako

as Director

1981
Muddy River

as Director

1977
House

as First Assistant Director

1974
Himiko

as Assistant Director

1973
Zone Fighter

as Director

1969
Double Suicide

as Assistant Director

Writer

2015
Foujita

as Writer

2005
1996
Sleeping Man

as Writer

1990
1984
For Kayako

as Writer

1973
Zone Fighter

as Writer