Tatsushi Ōmori

Tatsushi Ōmori (大森立嗣, Ōmori Tatsushi, born 4 September 1970^[1]) is a Japanese film director and actor.

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.^[2]

While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working as an actor after graduation.^[3] While acting in Junji Sakamoto's Scarred Angels, he also became a member of the staff.^[2] He appeared in and helped produce Hiroshi Okuhara's Wave, which won the NETPAC Award at the 2002 Rotterdam Film Festival.^[2][4] 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.^[2] His 2013 film The Ravine of Goodbye won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.^[5]

• 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)^[6]
• Mother (2020)
• Goodbye Cruel World (2022)^[7]
• The Women in the Lakes (2024)^[8]

• Wave (2001) (directed by Hiroshi Okuhara)

• Scarred Angels (1999)
• Our Homeland (2012)

• Tatsushi Ōmori at IMDb