Portrait of Sumio Ōmori

Writing

Sumio Ōmori

Career

Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 2024 and 2025 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sumio Ōmori Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.4, average 3.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • School Life 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Japanese Period Drama 2
  • Action & Intrigue 2
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Hopeful Narrative 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles
Samurai Detective Onihei: White plum allure
Samurai Detective Onihei: White plum allure (2025)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish
Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish (2025)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: Two Righteous Swords
Samurai Detective Onihei: Two Righteous Swords (2025)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood
Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood (2024)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master
Samurai Detective Onihei: True Master (2024)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: Dangerous Mercy
Samurai Detective Onihei: Dangerous Mercy (2024)

Screenplay

Samurai Detective Onihei: Lawless Love
Samurai Detective Onihei: Lawless Love (2024)

Screenplay

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 (2023)

Screenplay

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023)

Screenplay

Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946
Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946 (2023)

Screenstory

Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord (2021)

Screenplay

2010s

6 titles
Neck Bowed in the Rain
Neck Bowed in the Rain (2018)

Screenplay

Again
Again (2015)

Screenplay, Director

The Mourner
The Mourner (2015)

Screenplay

My Little Nightmare: The Movie
My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014)

Screenplay

55 Sai Kara No Hello Life
55 Sai Kara No Hello Life (2014)

Teleplay

Bungo: Stories of Desire
Bungo: Stories of Desire (2012)

Screenplay

2000s

8 titles · average score 60
Feel the Wind
Feel the Wind (2009)

Director, Screenplay

Samurai Gangsters
Samurai Gangsters (2008)

Screenplay

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006)

Writer

Shining Boy & Little Randy
Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

A Hardest Night!!
A Hardest Night!! (2005)

Writer

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Inochi
Inochi (2002)

Screenplay

Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Mokuyo Kumikyoku (2002)

Screenplay

1990s

4 titles · average score 64
Keiho
Keiho (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

The Black House
The Black House (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

I Don't Have a Grave!
I Don't Have a Grave! (1998)

Screenplay

Shin Shizukanaru Don
Shin Shizukanaru Don (1997)

Writer