Tatsushi Ōmori
Japanese film director and actor (born 1970)
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Tatsushi Ōmori (大森立嗣, Ōmori Tatsushi; born 4 September 1970[1]) is a Japanese film director and actor.
Tatsushi Ōmori | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 September 1970 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupations | Film director, actor |
Career
Ōmori was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Akaji Maro, an actor and butoh dancer. His younger brother, Nao Ōmori, is an actor.[2]
While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working as an actor after graduation.[3] While acting in Junji Sakamoto's Scarred Angels, he also became a member of the staff.[2] He appeared in and helped produce Hiroshi Okuhara's Wave, which won the NETPAC Award at the 2002 Rotterdam Film Festival.[2][4] In 2005, he directed his first film, The Whispering of the Gods. His second film, A Crowd of Three, earned him the 2010 Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.[2] His 2013 film The Ravine of Goodbye won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.[5]
Selected filmography
Director
- The Whispering of the Gods (2005)
- A Crowd of Three (2010)
- Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
- Bozo (2013)
- The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
- Setoutsumi (2016)
- And Then There Was Light (2017)
- Every Day a Good Day (2018)
- Taro the Fool (2019)
- Under the Stars (2020)[6]
- Mother (2020)
- Goodbye Cruel World (2022)[7]
- The Women in the Lakes (2024)[8]
- Hokusai's Daughter (2025)[9]
Producer
- Wave (2001) (directed by Hiroshi Okuhara)
Actor
- Scarred Angels (1999)
- Our Homeland (2012)