Director
Naomi Kawase
Born May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan (age 57)
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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Directed 19
LearningYakushima's Illusion2025
True Mothers2020
Vision2018
LearningCinema Fighters2018
LearningParallel World2018
Sweet Bean2015
Still the Water2014
Learning60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero2011
Learning3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011
LearningNanayo2008
LearningThe Mourning Forest2007
LearningShara2003
LearningFirefly2001
LearningThe Weald1998
Suzaku1997
LearningSun on the Horizon1996
LearningEmbracing1992
LearningPapa's Ice Cream1988
LearningThe Art of Love1965
Acted in 10
LearningThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard2026
LearningEmergency Exit2025
LearningReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014
LearningThe Tale of Iya2013
LearningWomen Make Films2004- LearningShara2003
LearningLove & Pop1998- LearningSun on the Horizon1996
LearningEenmaal geslagen, nooit meer bewogen1995- LearningEmbracing1992
Wrote 14
Produced 7
Other credits 6
- True Mothers2020 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- Still the Water2014 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
- LearningNanayo2008 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
- LearningFirefly2001 · Director, Writer, Editor
- LearningThe Weald1998 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- LearningEmbracing1992 · Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Writer