Naomi Kawase

Director

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.

Born: May 30, 1969 (Age 55) in Nara, Japan

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Naomi Kawase Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Shara Movie	7	Actress	Reiko	2003
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Movie	7.1	Actress	Herself	2002
The Tale of Iya Movie	6.8	Actress	Dr. Amamiya	2013
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Movie	6.9	Actress	Self	2001
Trace Movie		Actress	Herself	2012
Sun on the Horizon Movie	6.8	Actress		1996
It Stopped Raining Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6	Actress	Koyomi's Mother	2020
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Movie	8.3	Actress	Self	2014
Love & Pop Movie	7.5	Actress	Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)	1998
Destroy Vicious Movie		Actress		2011
Shining Besides Funny Moon Movie		Actress		2013
Amami Movie		Actress	Self
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai TV Show		Actress	Self 1 Episode	1998-2016
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now TV Show		Actress	1 Episode	2021
Embracing Short Film	6.8	Actress	Self	1992
Birth/Mother Short Film	7	Actress	Self	2006
Katatsumori Short Film	7.1	Actress	Self	1994
See Heaven Short Film	5.9	Actress	Self	1995
Missing Pictures: Tsai Ming-Liang Short Film	7.4	Actress	Self	2021
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film		Actress	Herself	1995
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	2011
A Midsummer's Fantasia Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.5	Production	Producer	2014
Firefly Movie	6.5	Directing	Director, Editor, Writer, Music	2001
Genpin Movie	7.4	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	2010
Hanezu Movie	6.4	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer	2012
Inori Movie	6.7	Production	Producer	2012
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	2002
Nanayo Movie	6.5	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer	2008
Radiance Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.3	Directing	Screenplay, Director	2017
Shara Movie	7	Directing	Director, Writer	2003
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Movie	6.9	Directing	Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director of Photography	2001
Still the Water Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.6	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer	2014
Suzaku Movie	7.2	Directing	Director, Writer	1997
Sweet Bean Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.6	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer	2015
The Mourning Forest Movie	6.9	Directing	Director, Producer, Screenplay	2007
Vision Movie	5.3	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	2018
Visitors Movie	6	Directing	Director, Writer	2009
3.11 A Sense of Home Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	2011
Sun on the Horizon Movie	6.8	Directing	Director, Writer	1996
Kaleidoscope Movie	6	Directing	Director	1999
Trace Movie		Directing	Director	2012
The Weald Movie	6.7	Directing	Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer	1998
The Nikaidos' Fall Movie		Production	Executive Producer	2019
True Mothers Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.1	Directing	Screenplay, Director	2020
Tracing Her Shadow Movie	6.6	Production	Executive Producer	2021
Homemade Limited Series	5.9	Directing	Director 1 Episode	2020-2020
CINEMA FIGHTERS Movie	4.8	Directing	Director, Writer	2018
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	2022
Beyond the Fog Movie	6.7	Production	Producer	2023
My J-W-F Movie		Directing	Director
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi Movie		Directing	Director	2012
Amami Movie		Directing	Director
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film Movie		Directing	Director
To The Future Movie		Directing	Editor, Director, Director of Photography	2021
The Moon Movie		Directing	Director, Writer	2018
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) Movie		Directing	Director	1996
White Moon Movie		Directing	Director	1993
Birth/Mother Short Film	7	Directing	Director, Director of Photography	2006
Embracing Short Film	6.8	Directing	Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist	1992
Katatsumori Short Film	7.1	Directing	Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer	1994
See Heaven Short Film	5.9	Directing	Director	1995
Seed Short Film	4.9	Directing	Director, Writer	2016
Lies Short Film	6.3	Directing	Director	2015
Parallel World Short Film		Directing	Director	2017
Haiku Short Film		Directing	Director	2009
Echo Short Film		Directing	Director	2023
I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film		Directing	Director	1988
Papa's Ice Cream Short Film		Directing	Director	1988
A Small Largeness Short Film		Directing	Director	1989
The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film		Directing	Director	1990
Like Happiness Short Film		Directing	Director	1991
Where Does the Sand Go? Short Film		Directing	Director, Writer	2017
Koma Short Film		Directing	Director	2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase Short Film	6.8	Directing	Director, Editor, Cinematography	2009
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film		Directing	Director	1995
Presently, Short Film		Directing	Director	1989
My Sole Family Short Film		Directing	Director	1989
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film		Directing	Director	1988
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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