Kohei Oguri

Oguri Kohei

  • Name: Oguri Kohei
  • Native name: 小栗康平
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 29, 1945
  • Age: 80
Oguri Kohei is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. 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. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1981 Muddy River
Movie
7.5
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2005 The Buried Forest
Movie
6.7
1996 Sleeping Man
Movie
7.2
1990 The Sting of Death
Movie
7.7
1984 For Kayako
Movie
6.6
Assistant Director
Year Title Type Rating
1977 House
Movie
7.4
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Oguri Kohei

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  • First Name: Kohei
  • Family Name: Oguri
  • Native name: 小栗康平
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: October 29, 1945
  • Age: 80

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