Naomi Kawase
Directing • Born 1969-05-30
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
24 credits
Love & Pop
Movie • 1998
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Shara
Movie • 2003
Reiko
Destroy Vicious
Movie • 2011
Shining Besides Funny Moon
Movie • 2013
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Movie • 2001
Self
Embracing
Movie • 1992
Self
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Movie • 2002
Self
Trace
Movie • 2012
Self
See Heaven
Movie • 1995
Self
The Tale of Iya
Movie • 2013
Dr. Amamiya
Birth/Mother
Movie • 2006
Self
Memory of the Wind
Movie • 1995
Herself
It Stopped Raining
Movie • 2020
Koyomi's Mother
Sun on the Horizon
Movie • 1996
Katatsumori
Movie • 1994
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie • 2014
Self
Amami
Movie • 2016
Self
Emergency Exit
Movie • 2025
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Movie • 2025
Kaleidoscope
Movie • 1999
Self
Echoes of Motherhood
Movie • 2025
Women Make Films
Movie • 2004
Self
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
TV • 2021
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
TV • 1998
Self