Toshinori_Omi

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Japanese actor


Toshinori Omi (尾美としのり, Omi Toshinori, born 7 December 1965) is a Japanese actor.

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Career

Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten.[1] He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's Hi no Tori (1978) and got his first starring role in a film with Shinji Somai's Tonda Couple (1980).[1] He starred in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Tenkosei (1982), for which he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award.[2] He appeared in most of Obayashi's films until the mid-1990s.[1] Since then he has moved on to adult roles, playing white collar businessmen and fathers.

Selected filmography

Film

  • Hi no Tori (1978) – Nagi
  • Tonda Couple (1980) – Nakayama, Wataru
  • I Are You, You Am Me (1982) – Kazuo Saitoh
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) – Goro Horikawa
  • Haishi (1984) – Saburoh
  • Itsuka darekaga korosareru (1984) – Shota Watakabe
  • Lonely Heart (1985) – Hiroki Inoue
  • Typhoon Club (1985) – Kobayashi
  • Love Hotel (1985) – Assistant director[3]
  • 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
  • Hope and Pain (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 (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 (2002) – Shichijuro Otsuka
  • Kusa no ran (2004)
  • Koi no mon (2004)
  • Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô- Negai (2005) – Yoshiro
  • Arigatô (2006) – Kenta Arino
  • I Just Didn't Do It (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
  • 37 Seconds (2019)
  • Peer (2019) – Terunobu Kuramatsu
  • Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) – Kondō Isami
  • Rika: Love Obsessed Psycho (2021)[4]
  • Tombi: Father and Son (2022)[5]
  • Wedding High (2022)[6]
  • The Zen Diary (2022) – Takashi[7]
  • My Broken Mariko (2022) – Mariko's father[8]
  • Roleless (2022)[9]
  • The Legend and Butterfly (2023) – Hirate Masahide[10]
  • Confess to Your Crimes (2023)[11]
  • Secret: A Hidden Score (2024) – Tōru Higuchi[12]

Television


References

  1. "Omi Toshinori". Nihon Eiga Gekijō (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  2. "第6回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品". Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  3. "ラブホテル". eiga.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. "ウェディング・ハイ". eiga.com. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  5. "土を喰らう十二ヵ月". eiga.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  6. "マイ・ブロークン・マリコ". eiga.com. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  7. "レジェンド&バタフライ". eiga.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  8. "おまえの罪を自白しろ". eiga.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  9. "言えない秘密". eiga.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

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