is a Japanese

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and actor.

Career

Ōmori was born in

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as the eldest son of

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, an actor and

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dancer. His younger brother,

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, is an actor. While in college, he began making

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s, but started working as an actor after graduation. While acting in

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'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

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. In 2005, he directed his first film, ''

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''. His second film, ''A Crowd of Three'', earned him the 2010

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. His 2013 film ''

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'' won the Special Jury Prize at the

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Selected filmography

Director

*''

'' (2005) *''A Crowd of Three'' (2010) *''

Tada's Do-It-All House is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori, based on a 2006 novel by Shion Miura. It rotates around a down-on-his-luck handyman who reunites with an old friend from his middle school days, who winds up joining his business. A se ...

'' (2011) *''

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'' (2013) *''

Setoutsumi is a Japanese film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori, and starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Masaki Suda. It is a live action film adaptation of the Japanese manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Kazuya Konomoto. Cast * Sosuke Ikematsu ...

'' (2016) *''And Then There Was Light'' (2017) *''Every Day a Good Day'' (2018) *''Taro the Fool'' (2019) *''Under the Stars'' (2020) *''Mother'' (2020) *''Goodbye Cruel World'' (2022) *''The Women in the Lakes'' (2024) *''Hokusai's Daughter'' (2025)

Producer

*''Wave'' (2001) (directed by Hiroshi Okuhara)

Actor

*''Scarred Angels'' (1999) *''

Our Homeland is a 2012 Japanese drama film about a Korean man's visit to his family in Japan after a long exile in North Korea. This is the feature debut of Yang Yong-hi, a second-generation ethnic Korean living in Japan who based the film on her family ...

'' (2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omori, Tatsushi Japanese film directors 1970 births Living people Japanese screenwriters People from Tokyo Japanese male film actors Komazawa University alumni 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors