Naomi Kawase
Known for
Directing
Born
May 30, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
Sweet Bean
2015
Radiance
2017
Still the Water
2014
Love & Pop
1998
True Mothers
2020
The Mourning Forest
2007
Shara
2003
Suzaku
1997
Vision
2018
Homemade
2020Filmography
TBA
Untitled Naomi Kawase FilmDirector
2026
2026
Transit in FlamingoExecutive Producer
2026
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopardas Tanaka
2025
2025
Yakushima's IllusionDirector, Writer
2023
Beyond the FogProducer
2023
echoDirector
2022
2022
2021
To The FutureDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
2021
Tracing Her ShadowExecutive Producer
2021
2020
True MothersDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography
2020
2020
It Stopped Rainingas Koyomi's Mother
2019
The Nikaidos' FallExecutive Producer
2018
The MoonDirector, Writer
2018
VisionDirector, Writer, Producer
2018
Cinema FightersDirector, Writer
2018
Parallel WorldDirector
2017
Where Does the Sand Go?Director, Writer
2017
RadianceDirector, Screenplay
2016
Amamias Self, Director
2016
LiesDirector