Nao Ōmori

Nao Ōmori (大森 南朋, Ōmori Nao, born February 19, 1972), sometimes credited as Nao Ohmori or Nao Omori, is a Japanese actor. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Yokohama Film Festival.^[1]

Nao Ōmori
Omori at the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival
Born	(1972-02-19) February 19, 1972 (age 52) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Father	Akaji Maro
Relatives	Tatsushi Ōmori (brother)

Career

Omori starred in Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer.^[2] He co-starred with Shinobu Terajima in Ryuichi Hiroki's Vibrator.^[3]

Personal life

Omori is the son of the actor Akaji Maro and the younger brother of the film director Tatsushi Ōmori.^[4]

Filmography

Films

• The Revenge: A Scar That Never Fades (1997)
• Tenshi ni Misuterareta Yoru (1999) as Shop assistant
• Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999) as Jimmy
• Monday (2000)
• Swing Man (2000)
• Quartet (2001) as Daisuke
• Ichi the Killer (2001) as Ichi
• Harmful Insect (2001) as Man at Love Hotel^[5]
• Out (2002) as Kenji Yamamoto
• Dolls (2002) as Matsumoto's Colleague
• Demonlover (2002) as Shoji
• Pakodate-jin (2002)
• Perfect Blue (2002) as Toshihiko Horibe
• Saru (2003) as Isomura
• Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
• Vibrator (2003) as Takatoshi
• Hyaku Iro Megane (2003) as Man Investigating Kaede
• 1-Ichi (2003) as Ichi/Shiroishi
• Iden & Tity (2003) as Toshi
• Jam Films 2 (2004) as Kuroki Iwao
• Kagen no Tsuki (2004)
• Breathe In, Breathe Out (2004) as Yutaka Tadokoro
• Socrates in Love (2004)
• Nonki-na Nesan (2004) as Kazuo
• Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) as Tortured Samurai
• It's Only Talk (2005)
• Yokubo (2005) as Goro Nose
• Rampo Noir (2005) as First Lieutenant Sunaga (story "Imomushi")
• A Day Beyond the Horizon (2005)
• The Whispering of the Gods (2005) as Ukawa
• Kagi ga Nai (2005)
• Su-ki-da (2005)
• I Just Didn't Do It (2006) as Koji Yamada
• Children (2006) as Tatsuya Jinnai
• Catch Ball Ya (2006) as Takashi Oyama
• Tekkonkinkreet (2006) (voice) as Chocola
• Tears for You (2006) as Doctor
• The Go Master (2006) as Utaro Hashimoto
• Mushishi (2006) as Koro
• Otoko wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (2006) as Takashi
• Midnight Eagle (2007) as Kensuke Saito
• Missing (2007) as Son
• Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
• Tokyo! (2008)
• Fish Story (2009)
• The Vulture (2009) as Masahiko Washizu
• The Laughing Policeman (2009) as Kochi Saeki
• Sweet Little Lies (2010)
• Golden Slumber (2010)
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) (voice) as Akio Kazama
• The Egoists (2011)
• Unfair 2: The Answer (2011)
• Tokyo Playboy Club (2012)
• Helter Skelter (2012)
• The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
• R100 (2013)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• Museum (2016)
• Outrage Coda (2017) as Ichikawa
• The Outsider (2018) as Seizu
• Lying to Mom (2018)
• First Love (2019)
• This Old Road: Kono Michi (2019) as Hakushū Kitahara
• Living in the Sky (2020)^[6]
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) as Nurarihyon^[7]
• And So the Baton Is Passed (2021)^[8]
• Goodbye Cruel World (2022)^[9]
• Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022) as Takashi Sakano^[10]
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023) as Spider Augment-01 (voice)^[11]
• Kubi (2023) as Hashiba Hidenaga^[12]
• The Innocent Game (2023) as Daigo Numata^[13]
• Broken Rage (2025)^[14]

Television

• Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–06) - Takashi Sakano^[10]
• Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007) - Masahiko Washizu
• Ryōmaden (2010) - Takechi Hanpeita
• Dr. Storks (2015) - Takayuki Imahashi
• Totto TV (2016) - Tadasu Iizawa
• My Housekeeper Nagisa-san (2020) - Nagisa-san
• Chimudondon (2022) - Kenzō Higa^[15]
• What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) - Sakai Tadatsugu

Video games

• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) - Tsuneo Iwami

References

1. 第25回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
2. Kehr, Dave (May 19, 2003). "Film Review; The Way of the Yakuza Is (Watch Out!) Lethal". The New York Times.
3. Schilling, Mark (January 7, 2004). "Vibrator - Reviews - Screen". Screen International.
4. Mes, Tom (June 23, 2006). "Midnight Eye review: The Whispering of the Gods". Midnight Eye.
5. "害虫". eiga.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
6. "青山真治7年ぶりの長編映画で多部未華子が主演、岸井ゆきのや岩田剛典ら共演". Natalie. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
7. "映画『妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ』に大森南朋、安藤サクラ、大島優子ら出演". Cinra.net. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
8. "そして、バトンは渡された". eiga.com. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
9. "西島秀俊＆斎藤工＆玉城ティナら共演で"強盗団"結成！『グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド』今秋公開". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
10. "映画「Dr.コトー診療所」に柴咲コウ、時任三郎、大塚寧々ら出演！富岡涼も参加". Natalie. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
11. "「シン・仮面ライダー」未発表キャスト解禁、竹野内豊・長澤まさみ・松坂桃李ら10名". Natalie. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
12. "北野武監督『首』今秋公開決定！ティザービジュアルが解禁！". Fan's Voice. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
13. "法廷遊戯". eiga.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
14. "菅田将暉「ずっと夢見ていました」主演映画「Cloud」ベネチア映画祭で上映、北野武監督作品も". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
15. "朝ドラ「ちむどんどん」仲間由紀恵ら新キャスト発表、大森南朋や川口春奈が初出演". Natalie. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Nao Omori at IMDb