Naomi Kawase
Directing
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.
Filmography 68
Movies (65)
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard2026
Emergency Exit2025
Yakushima's Illusion2025Directing
Echoes of Motherhood2025
echo2023Directing
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B2022Directing
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A2022Directing- To The Future2021Directing
True Mothers2020Directing
It Stopped Raining2020Koyomi's Mother
The Moon2018Directing
Vision2018Directing
Cinema Fighters2018Directing
Parallel World2018Directing
Where Does the Sand Go?2017Directing
Radiance2017Directing
Amami2016Self
Lies2016Directing
Seed2016Directing
Sweet Bean2015Directing
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014Self
Still the Water2014Directing
The Tale of Iya2013Dr. Amamiya
Shining Besides Funny Moon2013
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi2012Directing- Trace2012Self
Hanezu2012Directing
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero2011Directing
3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011Directing
Destroy Vicious2011
Shows (3)
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now2021
Homemade2020Directing
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai1998Self