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Kōhei Oguri (b. 1945)

Alias:
Kohei Oguri

Birthplace:
Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Born:
October 29, 1945

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1969  Double Suicide
1974  Himiko

Director:
1969  Double Suicide
1974  Himiko
1981  Muddy River
1984  For Kayako
1990  The Sting of Death
1996  Sleeping Man
2005  The Buried Forest
2015  Foujita

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

Writer:
1969  Double Suicide
1974  Himiko
1977  House
1981  Muddy River
1984  For Kayako
1990  The Sting of Death
1996  Sleeping Man
2005  The Buried Forest
2015  Foujita

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TV Production

Director:
1973  Zone Fighter

Writer:
1973  Zone Fighter

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