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Naomi Kawase

Directing 57 years old Nara, Japan ★ 0.6
Born: May 30, 1969

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.

External Links

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Known For

Homemade
Homemade Director 2020
Yakushima's Illusion
Yakushima's Illusion Director 2025
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean Director 2015
Suzaku
Suzaku Director 1997
Still the Water
Still the Water Director 2014

Filmography

Acting Credits (25)

Directing Credits (55)

Yakushima's Illusion
Yakushima's Illusion Director 2025
echo
echo Director 2023
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B Director 2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Director 2022
To The Future
To The Future Director 2021
True Mothers
True Mothers Director 2020
Homemade
Homemade Director 2020
The Moon
The Moon Director 2018
Vision
Vision Director 2018
Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters Director 2018
Parallel World
Parallel World Director 2018
Where Does the Sand Go?
Where Does the Sand Go? Director 2017
Radiance
Radiance Director 2017
Amami
Amami Director 2016
Lies
Lies Director 2016
Seed
Seed Director 2016
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean Director 2015
Still the Water
Still the Water Director 2014
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi Director 2012
Trace
Trace Director 2012
Hanezu
Hanezu Director 2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Director 2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films Director 2011
Genpin
Genpin Director 2010
Koma
Koma Director 2009
Haiku
Haiku Director 2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase Director 2009
Nanayo
Nanayo Director 2008
The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest Director 2007
Birth/Mother
Birth/Mother Director 2006
Shara
Shara Director 2003
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Director 2002
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Director 2001
Firefly
Firefly Director 2001
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope Director 1999
The Weald
The Weald Director 1998
Suzaku
Suzaku Director 1997
Sun on the Horizon
Sun on the Horizon Director 1996
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) Director 1996
Memory of the Wind
Memory of the Wind Director 1995
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26 Director 1995
See Heaven
See Heaven Director 1995
Katatsumori
Katatsumori Director 1994
White Moon
White Moon Director 1993
Embracing
Embracing Director 1992
Like Happiness
Like Happiness Director 1991
The Girls' Daily Bread
The Girls' Daily Bread Director 1990
My Sole Family
My Sole Family Director 1989
A Small Largeness
A Small Largeness Director 1989
Presently,
Presently, Director 1989
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Director 1988
Papa's Ice Cream
Papa's Ice Cream Director 1988
My J-W-F
My J-W-F Director 1988
I Focus on That Which Interests Me
I Focus on That Which Interests Me Director 1988
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film Director

Writing Credits (25)

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