Naomi Kawase
Directing·May 30, 1969 — 57 years old·Nara, Japan
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
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—Untitled Naomi Kawase FilmDirector2026Transit in FlamingoExecutive Producer2026The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard2025Emergency Exit2025Yakushima's IllusionDirector · Writer2025Echoes of Motherhood2023Beyond the FogProducer2023echoDirector2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BDirector2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side ADirector2021To The FutureDirector · Editor · Director of Photography2021Tracing Her ShadowExecutive Producer2021What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies NowTV2020True MothersDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography2020HomemadeTVDirector2020It Stopped RainingKoyomi's Mother2019The Nikaidos' FallExecutive Producer2018The MoonDirector · Writer2018VisionDirector · Writer · Producer2018Cinema FightersDirector · Writer2018Parallel WorldDirector2017Where Does the Sand Go?Director · Writer2017RadianceDirector · Screenplay2016AmamiSelf · Director2016LiesDirector2016SeedDirector · Writer2015A Midsummer's FantasiaProducer2015Sweet BeanScreenplay · Director · Associate Producer2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf2014Still the WaterDirector · Screenplay · Editor · Producer2013The Tale of IyaDr. Amamiya2013Shining Besides Funny Moon2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura NagashiDirector2012TraceSelf · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography2012InoriProducer2012HanezuDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsDirector2011Destroy Vicious2010GenpinDirector · Writer · Producer2009KomaDirector2009HaikuDirector2009Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseDirector · Editor · Cinematography2008NanayoDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Editor2008Rien ne s'effaceelle-même2007The Mourning ForestDirector · Screenplay · Producer2006Birth/MotherSelf · Director · Director of Photography2004Women Make FilmsSelf2003SharaReiko · Director · Writer2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomSelf · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthSelf · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography2001FireflyDirector · Writer · Music · Editor1999KaleidoscopeSelf · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Writer1998The WealdDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor · Director of Photography1998Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, SempaiTVSelf1998Love & PopWoman speaking to Hiromi (voice)1997SuzakuDirector · Writer1996Sun on the HorizonSelf · Director · Writer · Camera Operator1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Director1995Memory of the WindHerself · Director1995Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Director1995See HeavenSelf · Director1994KatatsumoriSelf · Director · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor · Writer1993White MoonDirector1992EmbracingSelf · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Sound Recordist · Producer · Writer1991Like HappinessDirector1990The Girls' Daily BreadDirector1989My Sole FamilyDirector1989A Small LargenessDirector1989Presently,Director1988The Concretization of These Things Flying Around MeDirector1988Papa's Ice CreamDirector1988My J-W-FDirector1988I Focus on That Which Interests MeDirector