Nao Ōmori

Nao Ōmori
Nao Ōmori, Actor, at 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy.
Born (1972-02-19) February 19, 1972
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) 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 (2001) as Man at Love Hotel[5]
  • Out (2002) as Kenji Yamamoto
  • Dolls (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
  • 1-Ichi (2003) as Ichi/Shiroishi
  • Iden & Tity (2003) as Toshi
  • Jam Films 2 (2004) as Kuroki Iwao
  • Kagen no Tsuki (2004)
  • Breathe In, Breathe Out (2004) as Yutaka Tadokoro
  • Socrates in Love (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 (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 (2006) as Koji Yamada
  • Children (2006) as Tatsuya Jinnai
  • Catch Ball Ya (2006) as Takashi Oyama
  • Tekkonkinkreet (2006) (voice) as Chocola
  • Tears for You (2006) as Doctor
  • The Go Master (2006) as Utaro Hashimoto
  • Mushishi (2006) as Koro
  • Otoko wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (2006) as Takashi
  • Midnight Eagle (2007) as Kensuke Saito
  • Missing (2007) as Son
  • Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
  • Tokyo! (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 (2011) (voice) as 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)
  • Museum (2016)
  • Outrage Coda (2017) as Ichikawa
  • The Outsider (2018) as Seizu
  • Lying to Mom (2018)
  • First Love (2019)
  • This Old Road: Kono Michi (2019) as Hakushū Kitahara
  • Living in the Sky (2020)[6]
  • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) as Nurarihyon[7]
  • And So the Baton Is Passed (2021)[8]
  • Goodbye Cruel World (2022)[9]
  • Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022) as Takashi Sakano[10]
  • Shin Kamen Rider (2023) as Spider Augment-01 (voice)[11]
  • Kubi (2023) as Hashiba Hidenaga[12]
  • The Innocent Game (2023) as Daigo Numata[13]
  • Broken Rage (2024)[14]
  • Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025) as Akiko's father[15]
  • Hiraba no Tsuki (2025), Eguchi[16]
  • Eikou no Bakkuhomu (2025), Katsuo Hirata[17]

Television

  • Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–06) - Takashi Sakano[10]
  • Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007) - Masahiko Washizu
  • Ryōmaden (2010) - Takechi Hanpeita[18]
  • Man of Destiny (2012) - Kazuo Yamabe[19]
  • Dr. Storks (2015) - Takayuki Imahashi
  • Totto TV (2016) - Tadasu Iizawa
  • My Housekeeper Nagisa-san (2020) - Nagisa-san
  • Chimudondon (2022) - Kenzō Higa[20]
  • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) - Sakai Tadatsugu[21]
  • The Great Chase ~Metropolitan Police Department SSBC Violent Crimes Unit~ (2025) - Shuji Igaki[22][23]
  • Since I Took You Away (2025), Aasahi Yuki[24]

Video games

References

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  4. ^ Mes, Tom (June 23, 2006). "Midnight Eye review: The Whispering of the Gods". Midnight Eye.
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  22. ^ "大森南朋×相葉雅紀×松下奈緒がトリプル主演に テレ朝水9ドラマ『大追跡』7月9日より放送". Real sound (in Japanese). 2 June 2025. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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