was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career

Born in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Ōmori studied at

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine is a public university in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was founded in 1872, and it was chartered as a university in 1921. KPUM differs from Kyoto University, or "Kyodai" which is located nearby across the Kamo River, in that Kyoto ...

and held a license to practice medicine. While in school, he began making films independently, with ''Kuraku naru made matenai!'' (1975), which featured

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, receiving particularly high praise. His script "Orenji rōdo kyūkō" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the next year he was able to film that in his professional debut. Several of his films, such as the 1980 ''Hipokuratesu-tachi'', feature doctors or rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of genres, including suspense films,

musicals Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

, and most famously abroad, several contributions to the Heisei

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series. Ōmori also participated in the formation of

Director's Company was a Japanese film production company created in 1982 to provide a venue outside the major studio system for young proven filmmakers to grow artistically. The company's president, Susumu Miyasaka, came from an advertising and public relations back ...

in 1982, an independent production company founded by nine directors, including

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, Sōgo Ishii,

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, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa. In 2000, he became a professor at

Osaka Electro-Communication University , OECU is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Neyagawa, Osaka, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka Prefecture. History The predecessor of the school was founded in 1924, and it was chartered as a university in 1961. *In 1924, was esta ...

, and in 2005, a professor at

Osaka University of Arts is a private arts university located in Kanan, Osaka, Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964. The univers ...

. He was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.

Personal life and death

Ōmori died from

acute myeloid leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cell production. Symptoms may includ ...

on 12 November 2022, at the age of 70.

Filmography

Film and television

References

External links

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