Directing
Naomi Kawase
Directing · Born 1969-05-30 · 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.
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FilmThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026 · Tanaka
FilmEmergency Exit
2025
FilmYakushima's Illusion
2025 · Director
FilmBeyond the Fog
2023 · Producer
Filmecho
2023 · Director
FilmOfficial Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022 · Director
FilmOfficial Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022 · Director
FilmTracing Her Shadow
2021 · Executive Producer
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
FilmTrue Mothers
2020 · Director
Homemade
2020 · Director
FilmIt Stopped Raining
2020 · Koyomi's Mother
FilmThe Nikaidos' Fall
2019 · Executive Producer
FilmVision
2018 · Director
FilmRadiance
2017 · Director
FilmAmami
2016 · Self
FilmLies
2016 · Director
FilmSeed
2016 · Director
FilmA Midsummer's Fantasia
2015 · Producer
FilmSweet Bean
2015 · Screenplay
FilmReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
FilmStill the Water
2014 · Director
FilmThe Tale of Iya
2013 · Dr. Amamiya
FilmHikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
2012 · Director
Trace
FilmTrace
2012 · Self
Inori
FilmInori
2012 · Producer
FilmHanezu
2012 · Director
Film60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
Film3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Director
FilmGenpin
2010 · Director
FilmKoma
2009 · Director
Film어떤 방문
2009 · Director
FilmHaiku
2009 · Director
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
FilmCinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
2009 · Director
FilmNanayo
2008 · Director
FilmRien ne s'efface
2008 · elle-même
FilmThe Mourning Forest
2007 · Director
FilmBirth/Mother
2006 · Self
FilmShara
2003 · Reiko
FilmLetter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002 · Self
FilmSky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001 · Self
FilmFirefly
2001 · Director
FilmKaleidoscope
1999 · Self
FilmThe Weald
1998 · Director
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
1998 · Self
FilmLove & Pop
1998 · Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
FilmSuzaku
1997 · Director
FilmSun on the Horizon
1996 · Self
FilmThis World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
1996 · Director
Memory of the Wind
FilmMemory of the Wind
1995 · Herself
FilmSee Heaven
1995 · Self
FilmKatatsumori
1994 · Self
FilmEmbracing
1992 · Self