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Nao Ómori

About

Nao Ōmori (born 1972 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film and television actor, son of actor and butoh dancer Akaji Maro and brother of film director Tatsushi Ōmori. He became internationally known for the lead role in Takashi Miike's cult film Ichi the Killer (2001) and won Best Supporting Actor at the Yokohama Film Festival for Vibrator (2003); he also voiced a character in the Studio Ghibli animated film From Up on Poppy Hill.

2001
year of release of the cult film Ichi the Killer
2004
year of awarding the prize for best supporting role at the Yokohama festival
5
number of films made with director Takeshi Kitano

What's new

  • 2024-09

    Ómori appeared in the cast of Broken Rage by Takeshi Kitano, which had its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival.

  • 2025

    The actor played the lead role of detective Shuji Igaki in the television series The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files, which continued with a second series in 2026.

  • 2026

    In the 2026 series Soda Master, he played the lead role of Hajime Fujimaki, nicknamed Chen.

Tracks

Ichi the Killer (2001)title role in Takashi Miike's cult gangster thriller
Vibrator (2003)role for which he won an award at the Yokohama festival
From Up on Poppy Hill / Kokuriko-zaka kara (2011)voice acting for a character in a Studio Ghibli animated film
Kubi (2023)role of Hasiba Hidenaga in Takeshi Kitano's film
Broken Rage (2024)Takeshi Kitano's film presented at the Venice Film Festival

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