Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Profile info

Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday30 May 1969 (57 years old)
Place of birthNara, Japan
Known credits75

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.

Echoes of Motherhood
Echoes of Motherhood
2026
Transit in Flamingo
Transit in Flamingo
2026 · Executive Producer
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026 · Tanaka
Emergency Exit
Emergency Exit
2025
Yakushima's Illusion
Yakushima's Illusion
2025 · Director
Yakushima's Illusion
Yakushima's Illusion
2025 · Writer
Beyond the Fog
Beyond the Fog
2023 · Producer
echo
echo
2023 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022 · Director
To The Future
2021 · Director
To The Future
2021 · Director of Photography
To The Future
2021 · Editor
Tracing Her Shadow
Tracing Her Shadow
2021 · Executive Producer
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
True Mothers
True Mothers
2020 · Director
True Mothers
True Mothers
2020 · Screenplay
True Mothers
True Mothers
2020 · Director of Photography
Homemade
Homemade
2020 · Director
It Stopped Raining
It Stopped Raining
2020 · Koyomi's Mother
The Nikaidos' Fall
The Nikaidos' Fall
2019 · Executive Producer
The Moon
The Moon
2018 · Director
The Moon
The Moon
2018 · Writer
Vision
Vision
2018 · Director
Vision
Vision
2018 · Writer
Vision
Vision
2018 · Producer
Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters
2018 · Director
Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters
2018 · Writer
Parallel World
Parallel World
2018 · Director
Where Does the Sand Go?
Where Does the Sand Go?
2017 · Director
Where Does the Sand Go?
Where Does the Sand Go?
2017 · Writer
Radiance
Radiance
2017 · Director
Radiance
Radiance
2017 · Screenplay
Amami
Amami
2016 · Self
Amami
Amami
2016 · Director
Lies
Lies
2016 · Director
Seed
Seed
2016 · Director
Seed
Seed
2016 · Writer
A Midsummer's Fantasia
A Midsummer's Fantasia
2015 · Producer
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean
2015 · Director
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean
2015 · Screenplay
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean
2015 · Associate Producer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
Still the Water
Still the Water
2014 · Director
Still the Water
Still the Water
2014 · Screenplay
Still the Water
Still the Water
2014 · Editor
Still the Water
Still the Water
2014 · Producer
The Tale of Iya
The Tale of Iya
2013 · Dr. Amamiya
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