Kōhei Oguri

Kōhei Oguri

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.

  • Title: Kōhei Oguri
  • Popularity: 0.924
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1945-10-29
  • Place of Birth: Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Kohei Oguri
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Kōhei Oguri Movies

  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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  • 2011
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    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    1 2011 HD

    This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

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  • 2005
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    The Buried Forest

    The Buried Forest

    6.406 2005 HD

    Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried...

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  • 1996
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    Sleeping Man

    Sleeping Man

    7.6 1996 HD

    Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.

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  • 2005
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    The Buried Forest

    The Buried Forest

    6.406 2005 HD

    Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried...

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  • 1996
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    Sleeping Man

    Sleeping Man

    7.6 1996 HD

    Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.

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  • 1974
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    Himiko

    Himiko

    7.182 1974 HD

    The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.

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  • 2015
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    Foujita

    Foujita

    5.8 2015 HD

    A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese...

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  • 1981
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    Muddy River

    Muddy River

    7.232 1981 HD

    Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

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  • 1990
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    The Sting of Death

    The Sting of Death

    5.792 1990 HD

    Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.

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  • 1990
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    The Sting of Death

    The Sting of Death

    5.792 1990 HD

    Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.

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  • 1984
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    For Kayako

    For Kayako

    6.25 1984 HD

    A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.

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  • 1984
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    For Kayako

    For Kayako

    6.25 1984 HD

    A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.

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  • 2015
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    Foujita

    Foujita

    5.8 2015 HD

    A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese...

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  • 1969
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    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    6.98 1969 HD

    Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....

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  • 1977
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    House

    House

    7.3 1977 HD

    Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She...

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

    Zone Fighter, known in Japan as Ryūsei Ningen Zone, is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the...

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