Kōhei Oguri
Kōhei Oguri studied at Waseda University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Distinctions recorded are Medal with Purple Ribbon and Mainichi Film Award for Best Director.
Also recorded as Kohei Oguri · Kouhei Oguri
Kōhei Oguri

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Oguri Kohei "Foujita" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1945 · Maebashi
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter · essayist
- Education
- Waseda University
- Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kōhei Oguri was recorded as film director, screenwriter and essayist. Institutional cataloguing adds that kōhei Oguri was born in 1945 at Maebashi.
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Kōhei Oguri is recorded as having received Medal with Purple Ribbon and Mainichi Film Award for Best Director.
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reference work
- “Kōhei Oguri”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2573243: Kōhei Oguri
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
scholarly publication
- Water flowing underground: The films of Oguri Kōhei, Japan Forum, 1992
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1992
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1- Waseda UniversityOrganisation
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