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.
Career
Born in Gunma, Oguri first became a freelance assistant director after graduating from Waseda University.[1] He made his directorial debut in 1981 with Muddy River, which earned him both a Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year[2] and a citation in the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.[3] Muddy River was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4] His film The Sting of Death won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.[5] He has also authored several books.[1]
Filmography
- Muddy River (泥の河 Doro no kawa) (1981)
- Kayako no tame ni (伽倻子のために) (1984)
- The Sting of Death (死の棘 Shi no toge) (1990)
- Nemuru otoko (眠る男) (1996)
- Umoregi (埋もれ木) (2005)
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October 29, 1945 |
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Maebashi, Gunma, Japan |
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