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Nao Omori

Nao Omori

5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20012023

Born 19 February 1972 · Tokyo, Japan

Nao Omori (大森 南朋, Ōmori Nao) is a Japanese actor and musician, with his most notable role as Ichi in Ichi the Killer directed by Takashi Miike. He is the son of Japanese actor Akaji Maro. Nao is sometimes credited under the romanization Nao Ohmori. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Yokohama Film Festival.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20012023

  • Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year2008

How their films are shot

Measured across 325 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nao takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 43% low key — the look of the work Nao takes.

Time of day

Day44%
Night44%
Interior10%

Lighting

Low key43%
Natural35%
High key16%

Shot size

Wide32%
Medium32%
Closeup22%
Fullbody10%

Camera angle

Eye level65%
High angle18%
Low angle12%

Mood

Neutral45%
Tense30%
Ominous8%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 325 frames from Nao Omori's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.