
Naomi Kawase
Directing
Born 1969-05-30 · 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.
Acting

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

Emergency Exit

Echoes of Motherhood

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother

Amami
Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self

The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya

Shining Besides Funny Moon
Trace
Self

Destroy Vicious

Rien ne s'efface
elle-même

Birth/Mother
Self

Women Make Films
Self

Shara
Reiko

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self

Kaleidoscope
Self

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
Self

Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Sun on the Horizon
Self
Memory of the Wind
Herself

See Heaven
Self

Katatsumori
Self

Embracing
Self
Crew

Transit in Flamingo
Executive Producer

Yakushima's Illusion
Director

Yakushima's Illusion
Writer

Beyond the Fog
Producer

echo
Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director
To The Future
Editor
To The Future
Director
To The Future
Director of Photography

Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer

True Mothers
Director

True Mothers
Screenplay

True Mothers
Director of Photography

Homemade
Director

The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer

The Moon
Director

The Moon
Writer

Vision
Director

Vision
Writer