Naomi Kawase
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1969-05-30 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
Naomi Kawase
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.
Acting
(2025)
(2021)
Missing Pictures
as Self
(2020)
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
(2016)
Amami
as Self
(2014)
(2013)
(2013)
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
(2012)
Trace
as Herself
(2011)
(2006)
Birth/Mother
as Self
(2003)
Shara
as Reiko
(2002)
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Herself
(2001)
(1998)
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
(1996)
(1995)
See Heaven
as Self
(1995)
Memory of the Wind
as Herself
(1994)
Katatsumori
as Self
(1992)
Embracing
as Self
Crew
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
Director
たしかにあった幻
Director
(2023)
echo
Director
(2023)
Beyond the Fog
Producer
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
To The Future
Editor, Director, Director of Photography
(2021)
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
(2020)
True Mothers
Director, Screenplay
(2019)
The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer
(2018)
Cinema Fighters
Director, Writer
(2018)
The Moon
Director, Writer
(2018)
Vision
Director, Writer, Producer
(2018)
Parallel World
Director
(2017)
Where Does the Sand Go?
Writer, Director
(2017)
Radiance
Screenplay, Director
(2016)
Seed
Director, Writer
(2016)
Lies
Director
(2016)
Amami
Director
(2015)
A Midsummer's Fantasia
Producer
(2015)
Sweet Bean
Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer
(2014)
Still the Water
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
(2012)
Hanezu
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
(2012)
Inori
Producer
(2012)
Trace
Director
(2012)
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director
(2011)
3.11 A Sense of Home
Director
(2011)
(2010)
Genpin
Director, Writer, Producer
(2009)
Visitors
Director, Writer
(2009)
Koma
Director
(2009)
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2009)
Haiku
Director
(2008)
Nanayo
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
(2007)
The Mourning Forest
Screenplay, Producer, Director
(2006)
Birth/Mother
Director, Director of Photography
(2003)
Shara
Director, Writer
(2002)
(2001)
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2001)
Firefly
Director, Writer, Editor, Music
(1999)
Kaleidoscope
Director
(1998)
The Weald
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(1997)
Suzaku
Writer, Director
(1996)
Sun on the Horizon
Writer, Director
(1996)
(1995)
See Heaven
Director
(1995)
Memory of the Wind
Director
(1994)
Katatsumori
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
(1993)
White Moon
Director
(1992)
Embracing
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist
(1991)
Like Happiness
Director
(1990)
The Girls' Daily Bread
Director
(1989)
My Sole Family
Director
(1989)
Presently,
Director
(1989)
A Small Largeness
Director
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Papa's Ice Cream
Director
(1988)
My J-W-F
Director