Director: Kōhei Oguri

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Birthday: 1945-10-29
Born in: Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Biography: 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. He made his directorial debut in 1981 with Muddy River, which earned him both a Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and a citation in the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. Muddy River was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Silver Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. His film The Sting of Death won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. He has also authored several books.

Known for

House

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
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House
Muddy River

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
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7.2
Muddy+River
Muddy River

1981

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Double Suicide

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
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Double+Suicide
Double Suicide

1969

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The Buried Forest

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.
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The Buried Forest

2005

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Himiko

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
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Himiko
The Sting of Death

Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
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The Sting of Death

1990

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Foujita

A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese styles.
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Foujita
Sleeping Man

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
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Sleeping+Man
Sleeping Man

1996

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