Nao Ōmori

Nao Ōmori
Born	February 19, 1972 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor

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]

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) - Shop assistant
• Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999) - Jimmy
• Monday (2000)
• Swing Man (2000)
• Quartet (2001) - Daisuke
• Ichi the Killer (2001) - Ichi
• Harmful Insect (2001) - Man at Love Hotel
• Out (2002) - Kenji Yamamoto
• Dolls (2002) - Matsumoto's Colleague
• Demonlover (2002) - Shoji
• Pakodate-jin (2002)
• Perfect Blue (2002) - Toshihiko Horibe
• Saru (2003) - Isomura
• Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
• Vibrator (2003) - Takatoshi
• Hyaku Iro Megane (2003) - Man Investigating Kaede
• 1-Ichi (2003) - Ichi/Shiroishi
• Iden & Tity (2003) - Toshi
• Jam Films 2 (2004) - Kuroki Iwao
• Kagen no Tsuki (2004)
• Breathe In, Breathe Out (2004) - Yutaka Tadokoro
• Socrates in Love (2004)
• Nonki-na Nesan (2004) - Kazuo
• Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) - Tortured Samurai
• It's Only Talk (2005)
• Yokubo (2005) - Goro Nose
• Rampo Noir (2005) - First Lieutenant Sunaga (story "Imomushi")
• A Day Beyond the Horizon (2005)
• The Whispering of the Gods (2005) - Ukawa
• Kagi ga Nai (2005)
• Su-ki-da (2005)
• I Just Didn't Do It (2006) - Koji Yamada
• Children (2006) - Tatsuya Jinnai
• Catch Ball Ya (2006) - Takashi Oyama
• Tekkonkinkreet (2006) (voice) - Chocola
• Tears for You (2006) - Doctor
• The Go Master (2006) - Utaro Hashimoto
• Mushishi (2006) - Koro
• Otoko wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (2006) - Takashi
• Midnight Eagle (2007) - Kensuke Saito
• Missing (2007) - Son
• Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
• Tokyo! (2008)
• Fish Story (2009)
• The Vulture (2009) - Masahiko Washizu
• The Laughing Policeman (2009) - Kochi Saeki
• Sweet Little Lies (2010
• Golden Slumber (2010)
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) (voice) - Akio Kazama
• The Egoists (2011)
• Unfair: The Answer (2011)
• Tokyo Playboy Club (2012)
• Helter Skelter (2012)
• The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
• R100 (2013)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)

Television

• Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007) - Masahiko Washizu
• Ryōmaden (2010) - Takechi Hanpeita
• Totto TV (2016) - Tadasu Iizawa

References

1. 第25回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival.
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.

External links

• Official website
• Nao Omori at the Internet Movie Database