Toshinori Omi

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

Toshinori Omi
尾美としのり
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965
OccupationActor
Years active1973–present
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)

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
  • Rabu hoteru (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
  • 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)
  • Jeneraru rûju no gaisen (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

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.
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