Naomi Kawase
- Born
- May 30, 1969 (57 years old)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known for
Filmography
- —Untitled Naomi Kawase FilmUntitled Naomi Kawase FilmFilm · Director
- 2026Transit in FlamingoFilm · Executive Producer
- 2025Yakushima's IllusionFilm · Director, Writer
- 2023Beyond the FogFilm · Producer
- 2023echoFilm · Director
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BFilm · Director
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side AFilm · Director
- 2021To The FutureTo The FutureFilm · Editor, Director, Director of Photography
- 2021Tracing Her ShadowFilm · Executive Producer
- 2020True MothersFilm · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography★ 7.4
- 2020HomemadeSeries · Director★ 5.5
- 2019The Nikaidos' FallFilm · Executive Producer
- 2018The MoonFilm · Director, Writer
- 2018VisionFilm · Director, Writer, Producer★ 4.9
- 2018Cinema FightersFilm · Director, Writer
- 2018Parallel WorldFilm · Director
- 2017Where Does the Sand Go?Film · Writer, Director
- 2017RadianceFilm · Screenplay, Director★ 6.5
- 2016AmamiFilm · Director
- 2016LiesFilm · Director
- 2016SeedFilm · Director, Writer
- 2015A Midsummer's FantasiaFilm · Producer
- 2015Sweet BeanFilm · Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer★ 7.5
- 2014Still the WaterFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer★ 6.7
- 2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura NagashiFilm · Director
- 2012TraceTraceFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2012InoriInoriFilm · Producer
- 2012HanezuFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor★ 6.0
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroFilm · Director
- 20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsFilm · Director
- 2010GenpinFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2009KomaFilm · Director
- 2009HaikuFilm · Director
- 2009Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseCinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseFilm · Director, Cinematography, Editor
- 2008NanayoFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer★ 7.0
- 2007The Mourning ForestFilm · Screenplay, Producer, Director★ 6.8
- 2006Birth/MotherFilm · Director, Director of Photography
- 2003SharaFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.4
- 2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2001FireflyFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Music
- 1999KaleidoscopeFilm · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- 1998The WealdFilm · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1997SuzakuFilm · Writer, Director★ 7.3
- 1996Sun on the HorizonFilm · Writer, Director, Camera Operator
- 1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Film · Director
- 1995Memory of the WindMemory of the WindFilm · Director
- 1995Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Film · Director
- 1995See HeavenFilm · Director
- 1994KatatsumoriFilm · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- 1993White MoonFilm · Director
- 1992EmbracingFilm · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist, Writer
- 1991Like HappinessFilm · Director
- 1990The Girls' Daily BreadFilm · Director
- 1989My Sole FamilyFilm · Director
- 1989A Small LargenessFilm · Director
- 1989Presently,Film · Director
- 1988The Concretization of These Things Flying Around MeFilm · Director
- 1988Papa's Ice CreamFilm · Director
- 1988My J-W-FFilm · Director
- 1988I Focus on That Which Interests MeFilm · Director
