--- name: "Hideo Oguni" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni" fi1m_id: "hideo-oguni" imdb_id: "nm0644823" tmdb_id: 20827 wikidata_id: "Q3135269" roles: ["Writer"] born: "9 July 1904" died: "5 February 1996" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 90 average_as: "writer" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-03T02:44:10.771946+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hideo Oguni ## Identity Hideo Oguni - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hideo-oguni - **IMDb ID:** nm0644823 - **TMDB ID:** 20827 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3135269 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Oguni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3135269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20827 Writer. Born 9 July 1904 in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. Died 5 February 1996. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 9 July 1904, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan - **Died:** 5 February 1996 - **Active:** 1952–2022 - **Also known as:** 小國英雄, 本城英太郎 - **Frequently works with:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md), [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://film.one/person/shinobu-hashimoto.md), [Sōjirō Motoki](https://film.one/person/sojiro-motoki.md), [Takashi Shimura](https://film.one/person/takashi-shimura.md), [Toshirō Mifune](https://film.one/person/toshiro-mifune.md), [Ryuzo Kikushima](https://film.one/person/ryuzo-kikushima.md), [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://film.one/person/tatsuya-nakadai.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as writer, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 92 (3), 1960s 90 (1), 1980s 92 (1), 2020s 81 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 90 to 85 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 6, Action 2, History 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $596m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Oguni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3135269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20827 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Seven Samurai*](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) (95), [*Ikiru*](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) (92), [*High and Low*](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) (90), [*Throne of Blood*](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) (88) - **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Hideo Oguni (1904–1996) was a Japanese screenwriter. He wrote over 100 screenplays and is best known for his work with director Akira Kurosawa on films including *Ikiru* (1952), *Seven Samurai* (1954), *Throne of Blood* (1957) and *The Hidden Fortress* (1958). Oguni's first collaboration with Kurosawa was on *Ikiru*. He contributed to further Kurosawa films such as *Sanjuro* (1962), *High and Low* (1963) and *Ran* (1985). In 2013, Oguni and frequent collaborators Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Ryūzō Kikushima were awarded the Jean Renoir Award by the Writers Guild of America West. Other writing credits include *Where Chimneys Are Seen* (1953), *Warning from Space* (1956), *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970) and *Machibuse* (1970). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Living* (2022), Fi1m 81, Original Film Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/living.md) - *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) ## Complete filmography (132) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Highest 2 Lowest* (2025), Original Film Writer - *Living* (2022), Original Film Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/living.md) - *The Last Princess* (2008), Original Story - *Ikiru* (2007), Screenplay - *Seven Warriors* (1989), Original Film Writer - *Runaway Train* (1985), Story, Original Film Writer - *Ran* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *The Warrior and the Sorceress* (1984), Original Film Writer - *The Seven Magnificent Gladiators* (1983), Original Film Writer - *Dojo Breaker* (1982), Screenplay - *Battle Beyond the Stars* (1980), Original Story - *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), Screenplay - *Incident at Blood Pass* (1970), Writer - *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), Screenplay - *The Little Runaway* (1966), Screenplay - *The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay* (1966), Script - *A Monk in the Big City of Edo* (1965), Screenplay - *The Man Who Killed Six Women* (1965), Screenplay - *Red Beard* (1965), Screenplay - *Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office* (1964), Screenplay - *Tiger of the Sea* (1964), Original Story - *The Man Disappears Yesterday* (1964), Writer - *Samurai from Nowhere* (1964), Writer - *Rabble Tactics* (1963), Screenplay - *High and Low* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Cut the Shadow* (1963), Screenplay - *Escape from Hell* (1963), Screenplay - *53 Stages of Action* (1963), Original Story - *Yakuza Official* (1962), Screenplay - *Genkuro Yoshitsune* (1962), Screenplay - *Secret Love* (1962), Screenplay - *Knightly Advice* (1962), Screenplay - *Good Rascals* (1962), Screenplay - *Sanjuro* (1962), Screenplay - *Fine Man* (1961), Screenplay - *Traveling of Two Young Men* (1961), Screenplay - *Tabiwa Oiroke* (1961), Script, Writer - *The Ako Retainers* (1961), Screenplay - *The Shogun and the Fishmonger* (1961), Screenplay - *Scarier than the Devil* (1960), Screenplay - *Mighty Shosuke* (1960), Screenplay - *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), Writer - *Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher* (1960), Screenplay - *Anchin and Kiyohime* (1960), Writer - *Lord Mito: All Star Version* (1960), Screenplay - *The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor* (1960), Screenplay - *お嬢さん三度笠* (1960), Screenplay - *Return of the One-Armed Swordsman* (1960), Screenplay - *Pineapple Butai* (1959), Screenplay - *Blooded Spear* (1959), Screenplay - *The Edo Official and Apprentice* (1959), Original Story - *Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun* (1959), Screenplay - *The Gaijin* (1959), Writer - *Bride of Peacock Castle* (1959), Screenplay - *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), Screenplay - *Travels of Lord Mito* (1958), Screenplay - *Hana no yukyo-den* (1958), Screenplay - *Ukiyo buro* (1958), Screenplay - *Megitsune Buro* (1958), Writer - *The Little Actress* (1958), Screenplay - *Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase* (1958), Writer - *Shogun's Holiday* (1958), Screenplay - *Advance Patrol* (1957), Screenplay - *The Lower Depths* (1957), Screenplay - *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)* (1957), Screenplay - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)* (1956), Screenplay - *A Man's Flower Path* (1956), Original Story - *Five Patriots of Kyoto* (1956), Screenplay - *Kin Toyama-san's Detective Story: Man in the Shadows* (1956), Screenplay - *Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider* (1956), Writer - *Excursion to Treasure Isle* (1956), Screenplay - *The Ghosts of Yotsuya* (1956), Screenplay - *Fighting Birds* (1956), Writer - *The Vampire Moth* (1956), Screenplay - *Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse* (1956), Screenplay - *Warning from Space* (1956), Screenplay - *Thief and Magistrate* (1955), Writer - *I Live in Fear* (1955), Writer - *Brooba* (1955), Screenplay - *The Beautiful Nuns* (1955), Writer - *The Black Fury* (1954), Writer - *Seven Samurai* (1954), Screenplay — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men* (1954), Screenplay - *The Mysterious House* (1954), Screenplay - *Utsukushiki taka* (1954), Screenplay - *Reunion* (1953), Screenplay - *Where Chimneys Are Seen* (1953), Screenplay - *The Eyes of Two People* (1952), Writer - *Ikiru* (1952), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) - *Dimple of Tokyo* (1952), Screenplay - *Divorce* (1952), Writer - *Grease Paint Serenade* (1952), Screenplay - *Pirates* (1951), Writer - *豪快三人男* (1951), Writer - *Elegy* (1951), Story - *When We Came Back* (1950), Writer - *A Female Doctor's Examination Room* (1950), Screenplay - *The Elephant Who Waited* (1949), Screenplay - *Ghost Train* (1949), Screenplay - *Good-Bye!* (1949), Screenplay - *Ghosts Die at Dawn* (1948), Writer - *Nerawareta onna* (1948), Screenplay - *These Foolish Times* (1947), Writer - *Rira no hana wasureji* (1947), Adaptation - *Four Love Stories* (1947), Screenplay - *A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom* (1947), Script - *Lord for a Night* (1946), Screenplay - *Machi no ninkisha* (1946), Screenplay - *Iki na fûraibô* (1946), Screenplay - *A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo* (1945), Writer - *Ryū no misaki* (1945), Screenplay - *Nichijô no tatakai* (1944), Screenplay - *Sinking the Unsinkable* (1944), Screenplay - *The Dawn of Freedom* (1944), Screenplay - *The Opium War* (1943), Screenplay - *Onna keizu* (1942), Writer - *The Man Who Waited* (1942), Screenplay - *Sky of Hope* (1942), Writer - *A Man's Flower Road of Triumph* (1941), Original Story, Screenplay - *世紀は笑ふ* (1941), Writer - *Iemitsu and Hikoza* (1941), Writer - *The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday* (1941), Writer - *明朗五人男* (1940), Screenplay - *Zoku Shimizu Minato* (1940), Original Story, Screenplay - *China Night* (1940), Screenplay - *Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year* (1939), Screenplay, Original Story - *My Daughter's Only Wish* (1939), Writer - *Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary* (1938), Screenplay - *Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip* (1938), Writer - *Enoken's Hokaibo* (1938), Screenplay - *Happy Daughter* (1934), Writer ## Gallery - ![Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/media/person/59915/gallery-7f82eb64b41b.jpg) Hideo Oguni — 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Oguni_Hideo.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![1967年4月28日、映画『トラ・トラ・トラ!』の製作発表が東京プリンスホテルの2階のマグノリア・ルームで行われた。左から菊島隆三、小国英雄、青柳哲郎、黒澤明。](https://film.one/media/person/59915/gallery-6ac3b8b0d255.jpg) 1967年4月28日、映画『トラ・トラ・トラ!』の製作発表が東京プリンスホテルの2階のマグノリア・ルームで行われた。左から菊島隆三、小国英雄、青柳哲郎、黒澤明。 — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Kinema-Junpo-1967-June-early-3.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1967-June-early-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1964: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *High and Low* - Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 1953: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Ikiru* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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