Directing
Naomi Kawase
Born May 30, 1969 Nara, Japan
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.
Directed Films
7.6
Yakushima's Illusion
2025·Drama
2.5
echo
2023·Music
6.0
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022·Documentary
6.0
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022·Documentary
7.4
True Mothers
2020·Drama
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The Moon
2018
4.9
Vision
2018·Drama
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Cinema Fighters
2018·Drama
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Parallel World
2018
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Where Does the Sand Go?
2017
6.5
Radiance
2017·Romance
6.5
Amami
2016·Documentary
10.0
Lies
2016·Drama
1.0
Seed
2016·Music
7.5
Sweet Bean
2015·Drama
6.7
Still the Water
2014·Drama
8.0
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
2012
6.0
Hanezu
2012·Drama
4.2
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011·Drama
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011·Animation
5.0
Genpin
2010·Documentary
6.0
Koma
2009·Drama
3.5
Haiku
2009
7.0
Nanayo
2008·Drama
Also Appeared In
4.0
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026·Drama
4.0
Emergency Exit
2025·Drama
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Echoes of Motherhood
2025·Drama
7.5
It Stopped Raining
2020·Drama
6.5
Amami
2016·Documentary
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014·Documentary
6.9
The Tale of Iya
2013·Drama
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Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013·Mystery
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Destroy Vicious
2011·Crime
8.0
Rien ne s'efface
2008·Documentary
6.6
Birth/Mother
2006·Documentary
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Women Make Films
2004·Documentary