is a Japanese

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Career

Born in

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, Omi joined the children's theater troupe

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when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in

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's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring role in a film with

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's ''

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'' (1980). He starred in

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's '' Tenkosei'' (1982), for which he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. He appeared in most of Obayashi's films until the mid-1990s. Since then he has moved on to adult roles, playing white collar businessmen and fathers.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Hi no Tori'' (1978) – Nagi * ''

'' (1980) – Nakayama, Wataru * '' I Are You, You Am Me'' (1982) – Kazuo Saitoh * ''

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'' (1983) – Goro Horikawa * ''Haishi'' (1984) – Saburoh * ''Itsuka darekaga korosareru'' (1984) – Shota Watakabe * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) – Hiroki Inoue * '' Typhoon Club'' (1985) – Kobayashi * ''

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'' (1985) – Assistant director * ''Shimaizaka'' (1985) – Ryou Sakura * ''Rokumeikan'' (1986) – Kenjiro, Einosuke's son * ''Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki'' (1986) – Yuuta Hayami * ''Makeup'' (1987) * '' Hachiko Monogatari'' (1987) – Ogata * ''Nihon junjo-den okashina futari'' (1988) – Hitman * ''

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'' (1988) – Arles, Sadaichi Takai * ''Revolver'' (1988) – Arata Nagai * ''Watashi no kokoro wa papa no mono'' (1988) – Yuuki Matsushita * ''Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai'' (1989) – Tamotsu Yoriai (Episode 3) * ''Byôin e ikô'' (1990) – Sasazo * ''Inamura Jên'' (1990) – Satoru * ''Isan sôzoku'' (1990) – Kazuhito Fujishima * '' Chizuko's Younger Sister'' (1991) – Tomoya Kaminaga * ''Ryakudatsu ai'' (1991) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 4'' (1991) – Kazuhiko Usami * ''

Tōki Rakujitsu is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Seijirō Kōyama. It is about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi. It is based on two biographical novels, ''Tōki Rakujitsu'' written by Junichi Watanabe and ''Noguchi no haha: Noguchi Hideo Monogatari'' wri ...

'' (1992) * '' Okoge'' (1992) * ''Seishun dendekedekedeke'' (1992) – Sugimoto Fujiwara * ''Haruka, nosutarujii'' (1993) – Noburu Ohta * ''Onna-zakari'' (1994) – Tamaru's secretary * ''Nozokiya'' (1995) – Matsumiya * ''Ashita'' (1995) – Megumi's Teacher * ''Onihei hankachô'' (1995) * ''Miyazawa Kenji sono ai'' (1995) – Fujiwara * ''Happy People'' (1997) * ''Ikinai'' (1998) – Kimura * ''Kaza-hana'' (2000) – Nightclub manager * '' Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies'' (2001) – Shibukawa * ''

The Twilight Samurai ''The Twilight Samurai'' is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the lif ...

'' (2002) – Shichijuro Otsuka * ''Kusa no ran'' (2004) * ''Koi no mon'' (2004) * ''Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô- Negai'' (2005) – Yoshiro * ''Arigatô'' (2006) – Kenta Arino * ''

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'' (2006) * ''Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushii'' (2006) – Customer * ''Kôan keisatsu sôsakan'' (2007) * ''The Triumphant of General Rouge'' (2009) – Keiji Mifune * '' Wasao'' (2011) * ''Itsukaichi Monogatari'' (2011) * ''Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari'' (2012) – Tadahiko * ''Megamisama'' (2017) * ''The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa'' (2018) – Fumio Ishino * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Peer'' (2019) – Terunobu Kuramatsu * ''

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'' (2020) –

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* ''Rika: Love Obsessed Psycho'' (2021) * ''Tombi: Father and Son'' (2022) * ''Wedding High'' (2022) * ''The Zen Diary'' (2022) – Takashi * '' My Broken Mariko'' (2022) – Mariko's father * ''Roleless'' (2022) * ''The Legend and Butterfly'' (2023) –

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Television

* ''

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'' (1979) – young

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* ''Hōjō Tokimune'' (2001) – Ashikaga Yoriuji * ''

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'' (2006) – Nakagawa Yoshio * ''

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'' (2008) – Hayashi George * '' Teppan'' (2010) * '' Ariadne no Dangan'' (2011) – Jōichirō Kitayama * ''

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'' (2012) – Taira no Koretsuna * ''

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'' (2013), Masamune Kurokawa * ''Akira and Akira'' (2017) – Toshio Kitamura * '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017) –

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* ''The Negotiator: Behind The Reversion of Okinawa'' (2017) * ''Everyone's Demoted'' (2019) – Takashi Umehara * '' Awaiting Kirin'' (2020) – Toki Yorinori * ''Pareto's Miscalculation'' (2020) * ''The Supporting Actors 3'' (2021) – Himself * ''Yū-san no Nyōbō'' (2021) – Masahiko Kobayashi * '' Kamen Rider Black Sun'' (2022) – Isao Nimura * '' The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House'' (2023)

References

External links

Official profile
(in Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Omi, Toshinori Japanese male actors 1965 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo