was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
, Ōmori studied at
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and held a license to practice medicine.
While in school, he began making films independently, with ''Kuraku naru made matenai!'' (1975), which featured
Seijun Suzuki
, born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their florid visual style, absurd humour, and a playful rejection of traditional film grammar. He made 40 predominately ...
, receiving particularly high praise.
His script "Orenji rōdo kyūkō" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the next year he was able to film that in his professional debut.
Several of his films, such as the 1980 ''Hipokuratesu-tachi'', feature doctors or rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of genres, including
suspense films,
musicals
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...
, and most famously abroad, several contributions to the Heisei
Godzilla
is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films p ...
series.
Ōmori also participated in the formation of
Director's Company was a Japanese film production company created in 1982 to provide a venue outside the major studio system for young proven filmmakers to grow artistically.
The company's president, Susumu Miyasaka, came from an advertising and public relations bac ...
in 1982, an independent production company founded by nine directors, including
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023).
Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' i ...
,
Sōgo Ishii,
Shinji Sōmai
was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000 and was noted for his work within seishun-eiga, which include films such as the successful ''Sailor Suit and Machine Gun'' (1981) and critically acclaimed '' Typhoon Clu ...
, and
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
is a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for '' The Man Who Stole the Sun''.
Life and career
Hasegawa began his career in film at Nikkatsu in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such '' ...
.
In 2000, he became a professor at
Osaka Electro-Communication University, and in 2005, a professor at
Osaka University of Arts
is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966.
Not ...
.
He was also a special guest at
G-Fest XIII in 2006.
Personal life and death
Ōmori died from
acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with haematopoiesis, normal blood cell production. Sympt ...
on 12 November 2022, at the age of 70.
Filmography
Film and television
References
External links
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1952 births
2022 deaths
Deaths from acute myeloid leukemia
Japanese film directors
Japanese screenwriters
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine alumni
Writers from Osaka
Academic staff of Osaka University of Arts
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