Kōhei Oguri | |
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Occupation | Film director |
Kōhei Oguri (小栗康平, Oguri Kōhei, born October 29, 1945 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
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] and won the Silver Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. [5] In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. [6]
His film The Sting of Death won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. [7] He has also authored several books. [1]