Naomi Kawase
Biography
Naomi Kawase (河瀨直美 Kawase Naomi, born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director. She graduated from Visual Arts Osaka in 1989. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her. Aside from being a filmmaker, she is the founder and Executive Director for the Nara International Film Festival.
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Movies (48)
Emergency Exit
2025
Yakushima's Illusion
Director (Directing)
2025
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2025
Beyond the Fog
Producer (Production)
2023
echo
Director (Directing)
2023
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director (Directing)
2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director (Directing)
2022
Missing Pictures
as Self
2021
To The Future
Director (Directing)
2021
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
True Mothers
Director (Directing)
2020
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
2020
The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
The Moon
Director (Directing)
2018
Vision
Director (Directing)
2018
Cinema Fighters
Director (Directing)
2018
Parallel World
Director (Directing)
2018
Where Does the Sand Go?
Director (Directing)
2017
Radiance
Director (Directing)
2017
Amami
as Self
2016
Lies
Director (Directing)
2016
Seed
Director (Directing)
2016
A Midsummer's Fantasia
Producer (Production)
2015
Sweet Bean
Director (Directing)
2015
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Still the Water
Director (Directing)
2014
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director (Directing)
2012
Trace
as Self
2012
Inori
Producer (Production)
2012
Hanezu
Director (Directing)
2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director (Directing)
2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director (Directing)
2011
Destroy Vicious
2011
Genpin
Director (Directing)
2010
Visitors
Director (Directing)
2009
Koma
Director (Directing)
2009
Haiku
Director (Directing)
2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematography (Crew)
2009
Nanayo
Director (Directing)
2008
The Mourning Forest
Director (Directing)
2007
Birth/Mother
as Self
2006
Women Make Films
as Self
2004
Shara
as Reiko
2003
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Self
2002
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
as Self
2001
