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Naomi Kawase
Director

Naomi Kawase

30 May 1969Born
57Age
65Credits
Nara, JapanBirthplace

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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAUntitled Naomi Kawase FilmFilm: Director
  2. 2026Echoes of MotherhoodFilm
  3. 2026The Wolf, the Fox, and the LeopardFilm: Tanaka
  4. 2025Emergency ExitFilm
  5. 2025Yakushima's IllusionFilm: Director, Writer
  6. 2023echoFilm: Director
  7. 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BFilm: Director
  8. 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side AFilm: Director
  9. 2021To The FutureFilm: Director
  10. 2021What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies NowSeries (1 episode)
  11. 2020True MothersFilm: Director, Screenplay
  12. 2020HomemadeSeries: Director (1 episode)
  13. 2020It Stopped RainingFilm: Koyomi's Mother
  14. 2018The MoonFilm: Director, Writer
  15. 2018VisionFilm: Director, Writer
  16. 2018Cinema FightersFilm: Director, Writer
  17. 2018Parallel WorldFilm: Director
  18. 2017Where Does the Sand Go?Film: Director, Writer
  19. 2017RadianceFilm: Director, Screenplay
  20. 2016AmamiFilm: Director
  21. 2016LiesFilm: Director
  22. 2016SeedFilm: Director, Writer
  23. 2015Sweet BeanFilm: Director, Screenplay
  24. 2014Still the WaterFilm: Director, Screenplay
  25. 2013The Tale of IyaFilm: Dr. Amamiya
  26. 2013Shining Besides Funny MoonFilm
  27. 2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura NagashiFilm: Director
  28. 2012TraceFilm: Director, Writer
  29. 2012HanezuFilm: Director, Screenplay
  30. 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroFilm: Director
  31. 20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsFilm: Director
  32. 2011Destroy ViciousFilm
  33. 2010GenpinFilm: Director, Writer
  34. 2009KomaFilm: Director
  35. 2009HaikuFilm: Director
  36. 2009Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseFilm: Director
  37. 2008NanayoFilm: Director, Screenplay
  38. 2008Rien ne s'effaceFilm: elle-même
  39. 2007The Mourning ForestFilm: Director, Screenplay
  40. 2006Birth/MotherFilm: Director
  41. 2003SharaFilm: Reiko, Writer, Director
  42. 2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthFilm: Director, Writer
  44. 2001FireflyFilm: Director, Writer
  45. 1999KaleidoscopeFilm: Director, Writer
  46. 1998The WealdFilm: Director, Writer
  47. 1998Love & PopFilm: Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
  48. 1997SuzakuFilm: Director, Writer
  49. 1996Sun on the HorizonFilm: Writer, Director
  50. 1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Film: Director
  51. 1995Memory of the WindFilm: Director
  52. 1995Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Film: Director
  53. 1995See HeavenFilm: Director
  54. 1994KatatsumoriFilm: Director, Writer
  55. 1993White MoonFilm: Director
  56. 1992EmbracingFilm: Director, Writer
  57. 1991Like HappinessFilm: Director
  58. 1990The Girls' Daily BreadFilm: Director
  59. 1989My Sole FamilyFilm: Director
  60. 1989A Small LargenessFilm: Director
  61. 1989Presently,Film: Director
  62. 1988The Concretization of These Things Flying Around MeFilm: Director
  63. 1988Papa's Ice CreamFilm: Director
  64. 1988My J-W-FFilm: Director
  65. 1988I Focus on That Which Interests MeFilm: Director

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