Kōhei Oguri

Kōhei Oguri
Kōhei Oguri
Born	October 29, 1945 (age 79); Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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.

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] 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]

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^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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^ "Festival de Cannes: The Sting of Death". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-06.

Kōhei Oguri at IMDb
Oguri Kōhei official Site (in Japanese)
Mes, Tom (22 November 2005). "Interview: Kohei Oguri". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

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