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Kazuki Ōmori
Ōmori in 2015
Born	(1952-03-03)3 March 1952 Osaka, Japan
Died	12 November 2022(2022-11-12) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)	Film director and screenwriter
Website	(in Japanese) Firstwood Entertainment Inc.

Kazuki Ōmori (大森 一樹, Ōmori Kazuki, 3 March 1952 – 12 November 2022) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Osaka, 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, 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, and most famously abroad, several contributions to the Heisei Godzilla series.

Ōmori also participated in the formation of Director's Company in 1982, an independent production company founded by nine directors, including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sōgo Ishii, Shinji Sōmai, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa. In 2000, he became a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication University, and in 2005, a professor at Osaka University of Arts. He was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.

Personal life and death

Ōmori died from acute myeloid leukemia on 12 November 2022, at the age of 70.

Filmography

Film and television

References

1. ^ "Ōmori Kazuki". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
2. "Ōmori Kazuki kantoku "Shōkibo de aru koto ga meritto"". Eiga.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
3. ^ "Daigei wākushoppu". Daigei Film Award. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
4. "映画監督、大森一樹さんが死去". Niigata-Nippo. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
5. "Godzilla vs. Biollante, The Boy Who Saw the Wind Director Kazuki Omori Passes Away at 70". Anime News Network. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Kazuki Omori at IMDb
• Kazuki Omori at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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