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Hideo Oguni

Titles: 139movies

Career: Active from 1934 to 2007, with a break from 1986 to 2006, busiest in 1956 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 79/100

Highest rated: Seven Samurai
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Hideo Oguni Catalog average

Historical
6.9average 2.6
Warfare
3.8average 1.2
Class & Capitalism
5.7average 3.3
Politics
4.9average 2.6
Social Commentary
6.9average 4.9
Catharsis
6.8average 5.1
Pathos
6.8average 5.2
Violence
5.5average 4.2

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Cringe Humor
0.9, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 55
Action 19
Comedy 17
History 16
Adventure 11
War 11
Mystery 8
Crime 6

Recurring tags

Classic Japanese Cinema 5
Historical Drama 5
Masterful Direction 4
Feudal Japan 3
Ronin 3
Japanese Cinema 3
Action 3
Period Piece 3
Political Intrigue 3
Social Commentary 3
Samurai Action 2
Toshiro Mifune Performance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

139

Type

RoleAny Writing137 Other crew3

ScoreAny 60+70+80+

DecadeAny 1930s6 1940s28 1950s58 1960s34 1970s3 1980s6 2000s2 2020s2

GenreAny Drama65 Action25 Comedy17 History17 Adventure15 War12 Crime9 Romance8 Mystery8 Horror6 Fantasy3 Music3 Thriller3 Science Fiction2

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

2 titles · average score 73

Highest 2 Lowest

Original Film Writer

Living

Original Film Writer

2000s

2 titles · average score 58

The Last Princess

Original Story

Ikiru

Screenplay

1980s

6 titles · average score 53

Seven Warriors

Original Film Writer

Ran

Screenplay

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Original Film Writer

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

Original Film Writer

Dojo Breaker

Screenplay

Battle Beyond the Stars

Original Story

1970s

3 titles · average score 69

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Screenplay

Dodes'ka-den

Screenplay

Incident at Blood Pass

Writer

1960s

34 titles · average score 85

The Little Runaway

Screenplay

Red Beard

Screenplay

Samurai from Nowhere

Writer

The Man Disappears Yesterday

Writer

High and Low

Screenplay

Escape from Hell

Screenplay

Sanjuro

Screenplay

Knightly Advice

Screenplay

The Ako Retainers

Screenplay

The Bad Sleep Well

Writer

Anchin and Kiyohime

Writer

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Screenplay

All 34 titles from the 1960s

1950s

58 titles · average score 78

The Hidden Fortress

Screenplay

Throne of Blood

Screenplay

The Lower Depths

Screenplay

Advance Patrol

Screenplay

Warning from Space

Screenplay

The Vampire Moth

Screenplay

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

Screenplay

I Live in Fear

Writer

Seven Samurai

Screenplay

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Screenplay

Ikiru

Screenplay

Dimple of Tokyo

Screenplay

All 58 titles from the 1950s

1940s

28 titles

Four Love Stories

Screenplay

These Foolish Times

Writer

Lord for a Night

Screenplay

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Writer

The Dawn of Freedom

Screenplay

Screenplay

Sky of Hope

Writer

The Man Who Waited

Screenplay

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Original Story, Screenplay

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Writer

China Night

Screenplay

Zoku Shimizu Minato

Original Story, Screenplay

All 28 titles from the 1940s

1930s

6 titles

My Daughter's Only Wish

Writer

Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year

Screenplay, Original Story

Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary

Screenplay

Enoken's Hokaibo

Screenplay

Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip

Writer

Writer