Tatsushi Ōmori
{{short description|Japanese film director and actor (born 1970)}}
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{{nihongo|Tatsushi Ōmori|大森立嗣|Ōmori Tatsushi|born 4 September 1970{{cite web|title=Cast|url=http://kazokunokuni.com/s_phone/cast.html|work=Kazoku no kuni|accessdate=9 June 2013}}}} 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.{{cite web|last=Irie|first=Yū|title=2010年度日本映画監督協会新人賞受賞インタビュー|publisher=Director's Guild of Japan|authorlink=Yu Irie|language=Japanese}}
While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working as an actor after graduation.{{cite web|title=瑛太、松田龍平主演『まほろ駅前多田便利軒』大森立嗣監督に聞く|url=http://www.nikkei.co.jp/category/offtime/eiga/interview/article.aspx?id=MMGEzu000022042011|work=Nikkei|accessdate=9 June 2013}} While acting in Junji Sakamoto's Scarred Angels, he also became a member of the staff. He appeared in and helped produce Hiroshi Okuhara's Wave, which won the NETPAC Award at the 2002 Rotterdam Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Okuhara Hiroshi|url=http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/persons/okuhara-hiroshi/|publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam|accessdate=9 June 2013}} 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. His 2013 film The Ravine of Goodbye won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=35 MIFF Prizes|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff35/eng/news/?id=454|publisher=Moscow International Film Festival|accessdate=30 June 2013}}
Selected filmography
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- 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){{cite web |url= https://www.hakuhodody-map.jp/en/international-sales/new-release/map-6869|title= Under the Stars|accessdate= October 13, 2020|work= Hakuhodo}}
- Mother (2020)
- Goodbye Cruel World (2022){{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2022/02/28/77529.html|title= 西島秀俊＆斎藤工＆玉城ティナら共演で"強盗団"結成！『グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド』今秋公開|access-date= February 28, 2022|work= Cinema Cafe|date= 28 February 2022}}
- The Women in the Lakes (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99422/|title= 湖の女たち|access-date= May 10, 2023|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
- Ōi, Ōi (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103804/|title= おーい、応為|access-date= 23 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
=Producer=
- Wave (2001) (directed by Hiroshi Okuhara)
=Actor=
- Scarred Angels (1999)
- Our Homeland (2012)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0959994}}
{{Tatsushi Ōmori}}
{{Hochi Film Award for Best Director}}
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Category:Japanese film directors
Category:Japanese screenwriters
Category:Japanese male film actors
Category:Komazawa University alumni