Kazuki Ōmori

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.

Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine^[1] and held a license to practice medicine.^[2] While in school, he began making films independently, with Kuraku naru made matenai! (1975), which featured Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise.^[3] 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.^[1] 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.^[3]

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.^[1] In 2000, he became a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication University, and in 2005, a professor at Osaka University of Arts.^[1] He was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.

Ōmori died from acute myeloid leukemia on 12 November 2022, at the age of 70.^[4][5]

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

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