, sometimes credited as Nao Ohmori or Nao Omori, is a Japanese actor. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004

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Career

Omori starred in

Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over 100 feature film, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films span a variety of different genres, ranging from violent and surrealism, b ...

's '' Ichi the Killer''. He co-starred with

Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her perform ...

in Ryuichi Hiroki's '' Vibrator''.

Personal life

Omori is the son of the actor

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and the younger brother of the film director

Tatsushi Ōmori is a Japanese film director and 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. While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working ...

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 is a 2002 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Cast * Aoi Miyazaki as Sachiko Kita * Seiichi Tanabe as Ogata * Ryo as Toshiko Kita * Yū Aoi as Natsuko Yamaoka * Tetsu Sawaki as Takao * Ryo Amamiya as T ...

'' (2001) as Man at Love Hotel * ''

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'' (2002) as Kenji Yamamoto * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (2003) as Ichi/Shiroishi * ''Iden & Tity'' (2003) as Toshi * ''

Jam Films 2 ''Jam Films'' and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director. ''Jam Films'' ''Jam Films'' is a 2002 in film, 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse (various production companies participated in the pro ...

'' (2004) as Kuroki Iwao * '' Kagen no Tsuki'' (2004) * ''Breathe In, Breathe Out'' (2004) as Yutaka Tadokoro * ''

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'' (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 is a 2005 Japanese anthology film consisting of four segments based on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Synopsis Mars Canal A story told without speaking. It tells the story of a naked man who wanders through a depressing and desolate landscape recalling ...

'' (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 is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto and Kōji Yakusho. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Based on a t ...

'' (2006) as Koji Yamada * ''Children'' (2006) as Tatsuya Jinnai * ''Catch Ball Ya'' (2006) as Takashi Oyama * ''

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'' (2006) (voice) as Chocola * ''Tears for You'' (2006) as Doctor * ''

The Go Master () is a 2006 biopic film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang of the twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known as Go Seigen, the Japanese pronunciation of his name. The film, which premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, focuses on ...

'' (2006) as Utaro Hashimoto * ''

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'' (2006) as Koro * ''Otoko wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai'' (2006) as Takashi * ''Midnight Eagle'' (2007) as Kensuke Saito * ''Missing'' (2007) as Son * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

Tokyo! ''Tokyo!'' is a 2008 anthology film containing three segments written by three non-Japanese directors and filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Michel Gondry directed "Interior Design", Leos Carax directed "Merde", and Bong Joon-ho directed "Shaking Tokyo" Pl ...

'' (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 is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, written by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, a ...

'' (2011) (voice) as Akio Kazama * ''The Egoists'' (2011) * '' Unfair 2: The Answer'' (2011) * ''

Tokyo Playboy Club is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Yosuke Okuda. Synopsis A stoic drifter (Nao Omori) hiding out at his friend's nightclub in Tokyo after blunt manslaughter. Cast * Nao Ōmori as Katsutoshi * Ken Mitsuishi is a Japanese actor. He has appe ...

'' (2012) * '' Helter Skelter'' (2012) * ''

The Ravine of Goodbye is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori. The film is based on the Japanese 2008 novel ''Sayonara keikoku'' by Shuichi Yoshida, which intrigued Ōmori with its central mystery of a rape victim and her perpetrator choosing to l ...

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

Outrage Coda is a 2017 Japanese yakuza film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano, and starring Kitano himself. It was released in Japan on 7 October 2017. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2012 film, '' Beyond Outrage'', and completes Kitano's '' Outrage ...

'' (2017) as Ichikawa * '' The Outsider'' (2018) as Seizu * ''Lying to Mom'' (2018) * '' First Love'' (2019) * ''This Old Road: Kono Michi'' (2019) as

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* '' Living in the Sky'' (2020) * '' The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' (2021) as Nurarihyon * ''And So the Baton Is Passed'' (2021) * ''Goodbye Cruel World'' (2022) * '' Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022'' (2022) as Takashi Sakano * '' Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023) as Spider Augment-01 (voice) * '' Kubi'' (2023) as Hashiba Hidenaga * ''The Innocent Game'' (2023) as Daigo Numata * ''

Broken Rage ''Broken Rage'' is a 2024 Japanese action comedy film, written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who also leads the cast which features an ensemble cast including Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Hakuryu, and Shidō Nakamura. It premiered at the ...

'' (2024) * '' Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey'' (2025) as Akiko's father * ''Hiraba no Tsuki'' (2025), Eguchi

Television

* '' Dr. Coto's Clinic'' (2003–06) - Takashi Sakano * ''Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth'' (2007) - Masahiko Washizu * ''

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'' (2010) -

Takechi Hanpeita , also known as , was a samurai of Tosa Domain during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. Influenced by the effects of the Perry Expedition, Takechi formed the Tosa Kinnō-tō (土佐勤王党, Tosa Imperialism party) which was loyal to the ideals ...

* '' Man of Destiny'' (2012) - Kazuo Yamabe * '' Dr. Storks'' (2015) - Takayuki Imahashi * ''Totto TV'' (2016) - Tadasu Iizawa * ''My Housekeeper Nagisa-san'' (2020) - Nagisa-san * ''

Chimudondon is a Japanese television drama series and the 106th Asadora series, following ''Come Come Everybody''. It premiered on April 11, 2022, and concluded on September 30, 2022. Plot Cast Higa's family * Yuina Kuroshima as Nobuko Higa ** ...

'' (2022) - Kenzō Higa * ''

What Will You Do, Ieyasu? is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series is the 62nd NHK ''taiga'' drama. Cast Starring role *Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu **Waku Kawaguchi as Matsudaira Takechiyo (young Ieyas ...

'' (2023) -

Sakai Tadatsugu was one of the most favored and most successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period. Serving as the highest-ranking general in the Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa, Tadatsugu is also regarded as o ...

* ''Daitsuiseki ~ Keishichō SSBC kyōkō-han-gakari ~'' (2025) - Shuji Igaki

Video games

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

References

External links

* * 1972 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub