Writing
Hideo Oguni
- Titles
- 130movies
- Career
Active from 1934 to 2007, with a break from 1986 to 2006, busiest in 1956 with 10 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
79/100
- Highest rated
Seven Samurai94/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.2average 2.6
- Politics5.5average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Warfare3.7average 1.2
- Social Commentary7.2average 4.9
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Catharsis6.8average 5.1
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.6, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Cringe Humor0.9, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Masterful Direction 6
- Classic Japanese Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Feudal Japan 4
- Slow Burn 3
- Ronin 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Action 3
- Period Piece 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Samurai Action 2
- Sword Fighting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Masahiro MakinoDirectorKin Toyama-san's Detective Story: Man in the Shadows, Utsukushiki taka, The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor, My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men, 豪快三人男, +15 more
Akira KurosawaDirectorSeven Samurai, Ran, High and Low, Ikiru, Red Beard, +10 more
Toshirō MifuneActorSeven Samurai, High and Low, Red Beard, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, +9 more
Masaru SatōComposerHigh and Low, Red Beard, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Sanjuro, +6 more- SSeiichi SuzukiComposerAdvance Patrol, Good-Bye!, The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor, Scarier than the Devil, The Shogun and the Fishmonger, +5 more
Takashi ShimuraActorSeven Samurai, High and Low, Ikiru, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, +3 more- SShintarō MiyamotoEditorFine Man, The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor, Bride of Peacock Castle, Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun, Scarier than the Devil, +3 more
Asakazu NakaiCinematographerSeven Samurai, Ran, High and Low, Ikiru, Red Beard, +3 more
Shinobu HashimotoWriterSeven Samurai, Ikiru, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, The Bad Sleep Well, +3 more
Minoru ChiakiActorSeven Samurai, Ikiru, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, I Live in Fear, +2 more
Haruo TanakaActorIkiru, Where Chimneys Are Seen, Dimple of Tokyo, A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo, Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office, +2 more
Sadatsugu MatsudaDirectorLord Mito: All Star Version, The Ako Retainers, Mighty Shosuke, Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman, +2 more
Movies and TV shows
1302020s
2 titles · average score 75
68
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Original Film Writer
81
Living (2022)
Original Film Writer
2000s
2 titles · average score 73
58
The Last Princess (2008)
Original Story
89
Ikiru (2007)
Screenplay
1980s
4 titles · average score 60
91
Ran (1985)
Screenplay
43
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Original Film Writer
Dojo Breaker (1982)
Screenplay
46
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Original Story
1970s
3 titles · average score 68
64
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Screenplay
72
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Screenplay
1960s
34 titles · average score 84
The Little Runaway (1966)
Screenplay
84
Red Beard (1965)
Screenplay
90
High and Low (1963)
Screenplay
Escape from Hell (1963)
Screenplay
88
Sanjuro (1962)
Screenplay
The Ako Retainers (1961)
Screenplay
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1960)
Screenplay
Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960)
Screenplay
1950s
51 titles · average score 78
88
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Screenplay
90
Throne of Blood (1957)
Screenplay
78
The Lower Depths (1957)
Screenplay
Advance Patrol (1957)
Screenplay
41
Warning from Space (1956)
Screenplay
The Vampire Moth (1956)
Screenplay
The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956)
Screenplay
73
I Live in Fear (1955)
Writer
94
Seven Samurai (1954)
Screenplay
69
Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
Screenplay
91
Ikiru (1952)
Screenplay
Elegy (1951)
Story
1940s
28 titles
Ghost Train (1949)
Screenplay
Four Love Stories (1947)
Screenplay
Lord for a Night (1946)
Screenplay
The Dawn of Freedom (1944)
Screenplay
The Opium War (1943)
Screenplay
Sky of Hope (1942)
Writer
The Man Who Waited (1942)
Screenplay
China Night (1940)
Screenplay
Zoku Shimizu Minato (1940)
Screenplay, Original Story
1930s
6 titles
Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year (1939)
Original Story, Screenplay
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)
Screenplay
Enoken's Hokaibo (1938)
Screenplay
Happy Daughter (1934)
Writer