Naomi Kawase
Directing
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.
TV Shows(2)
Movies(23)
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Emergency Exit
2025
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
2020
Amami
Self
2016
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2014
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Trace
Self
2012
Destroy Vicious
2011
Rien ne s'efface
elle-même
2008
Birth/Mother
Self
2006
Women Make Films
Self
2004
Shara
Reiko
2003
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self
2002
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
2001
Kaleidoscope
Self
1999
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998
Sun on the Horizon
1996
Memory of the Wind
Herself
1995
See Heaven
Self
1995
Katatsumori
Self
1994
Embracing
Self
1992