Naomi Kawase
Known for Directing
Born May 30, 1969
Place of Birth Nara, Japan
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
Love & Pop
1998
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
It Stopped Raining
2020
as Koyomi's Mother
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Emergency Exit
2025
Shara
2003
as Reiko
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self
Destroy Vicious
2011
Kaleidoscope
1999
as Self
The Tale of Iya
2013
as Dr. Amamiya
Embracing
1992
as Self
Katatsumori
1994
as Self
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
as Self
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
as Self
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
See Heaven
1995
as Self
Amami
2016
as Self
Birth/Mother
2006
as Self
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Trace
2012
as Self
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Memory of the Wind
1995
as Herself
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