Nao Ōmori

Nao Ōmori
Ōmori at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy (2024)
Born (1972-02-19) February 19, 1972
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
FatherAkaji Maro
RelativesTatsushi Ōmori (brother)

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[5]
  • 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[6]
  • 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 2: The Answer (2011)
  • Tokyo Playboy Club (2012)
  • Helter Skelter (2012)
  • The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
  • R100 (2013)
  • Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
  • Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
  • Museum (2016)
  • Outrage Coda (2017), Ichikawa
  • The Outsider (2018), Seizu
  • Lying to Mom (2018)
  • First Love (2019)
  • This Old Road: Kono Michi (2019), Hakushū Kitahara[7]
  • Living in the Sky (2020)[8]
  • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021), Nurarihyon[9]
  • And So the Baton Is Passed (2021)[10]
  • Goodbye Cruel World (2022)[11]
  • Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022), Takashi Sakano[12]
  • Shin Kamen Rider (2023), Spider Augment-01 (voice)[13]
  • Kubi (2023), Hashiba Hidenaga[14]
  • The Innocent Game (2023), Daigo Numata[15]
  • Broken Rage (2024), Detective Fukuda[16]
  • Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025), Akiko's father[17]
  • A Moon in the Ordinary (2025), Eguchi[18]
  • One Last Throw (2025), Katsuo Hirata[19]
  • Street Kingdom (2026)[20]
  • The Hikikomori Extraction (2026)[21]

Television

  • Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–06), Takashi Sakano[12]
  • Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007), Masahiko Washizu
  • Ryōmaden (2010), Takechi Hanpeita[22]
  • Man of Destiny (2012), Kazuo Yamabe[23]
  • Dr. Storks (2015), Takayuki Imahashi
  • Totto TV (2016), Tadasu Iizawa
  • My Housekeeper Nagisa-san (2020), Nagisa-san[24]
  • Chimudondon (2022), Kenzō Higa[25]
  • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Sakai Tadatsugu[26]
  • The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files (2025), Shuji Igaki[27][28]
  • Since I Took You Away (2025), Asahi Yuki[29]
  • Soda Master (2026), Hajime "Chan" Fujimaki[30]

Video games

References

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