Yasuhiro Omori

Yasuhiro Omori is one of Japan's leading ethnographic filmmakers. Trained as an anthropologist and filmmaker under Jean Rouch, Omori has been documenting cultures around the world on three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa for over twenty years.

His films have received numerous international prizes and been televised in France and Japan. His works are produced and housed at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.

A complete filmography can be found online here:
Yasuhiro Omori Filmography

Films available at D.E.R.:
A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru
Balinese Requiem
Seven Young Gods of Fortune: Fertility Rite of Dosojin
The Sons of Eboshi
Taki Kudo, Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru

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