Directing

Naomi Kawase

Born 1969-05-30

Nara, Japan

Department: Directing

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.

2020

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Homemade

2020

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The Mourning Forest

2007

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Shara

2003

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Suzaku

1997

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Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

1998

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (150 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Echoes of Motherhood	Self / Appearance	Movie	2026
Transit in Flamingo	Executive Producer	Movie	2026
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard	Tanaka	Movie	2026
Emergency Exit	Self / Appearance	Movie	2025
Yakushima's Illusion	Director	Movie	2025
Yakushima's Illusion	Writer	Movie	2025
Beyond the Fog	Producer	Movie	2023
echo	Director	Movie	2023
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B	Director	Movie	2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A	Director	Movie	2022
To The Future	Director	Movie	2021
To The Future	Editor	Movie	2021
To The Future	Director of Photography	Movie	2021
Tracing Her Shadow	Executive Producer	Movie	2021
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now	Self / Appearance	TV Series	2021
True Mothers	Director	Movie	2020
True Mothers	Screenplay	Movie	2020
True Mothers	Director of Photography	Movie	2020
Homemade	Director	TV Series	2020
It Stopped Raining	Koyomi's Mother	Movie	2020
The Nikaidos' Fall	Executive Producer	Movie	2019
The Moon	Director	Movie	2018
The Moon	Writer	Movie	2018
Vision	Director	Movie	2018
Vision	Writer	Movie	2018
Vision	Producer	Movie	2018
Cinema Fighters	Director	Movie	2018
Cinema Fighters	Writer	Movie	2018
Parallel World	Director	Movie	2018
Where Does the Sand Go?	Director	Movie	2017
Where Does the Sand Go?	Writer	Movie	2017
Radiance	Director	Movie	2017
Radiance	Screenplay	Movie	2017
Amami	Self	Movie	2016
Amami	Director	Movie	2016
Lies	Director	Movie	2016
Seed	Director	Movie	2016
Seed	Writer	Movie	2016
A Midsummer's Fantasia	Producer	Movie	2015
Sweet Bean	Screenplay	Movie	2015
Sweet Bean	Director	Movie	2015
Sweet Bean	Associate Producer	Movie	2015
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women	Self	Movie	2014
Still the Water	Director	Movie	2014
Still the Water	Screenplay	Movie	2014
Still the Water	Editor	Movie	2014
Still the Water	Producer	Movie	2014
The Tale of Iya	Dr. Amamiya	Movie	2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon	Self / Appearance	Movie	2013
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi	Director	Movie	2012
Trace	Self	Movie	2012
Trace	Director	Movie	2012
Trace	Writer	Movie	2012
Trace	Editor	Movie	2012
Trace	Director of Photography	Movie	2012
Inori	Producer	Movie	2012
Hanezu	Director	Movie	2012
Hanezu	Screenplay	Movie	2012
Hanezu	Producer	Movie	2012
Hanezu	Director of Photography	Movie	2012
Hanezu	Editor	Movie	2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero	Director	Movie	2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films	Director	Movie	2011
Destroy Vicious	Self / Appearance	Movie	2011
Genpin	Director	Movie	2010
Genpin	Writer	Movie	2010
Genpin	Producer	Movie	2010
Koma	Director	Movie	2009
어떤 방문	Director	Movie	2009
Haiku	Director	Movie	2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase	Director	Movie	2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase	Editor	Movie	2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase	Cinematography	Movie	2009
Nanayo	Director	Movie	2008
Nanayo	Screenplay	Movie	2008
Nanayo	Producer	Movie	2008
Nanayo	Editor	Movie	2008
Rien ne s'efface	elle-même	Movie	2008
The Mourning Forest	Director	Movie	2007
The Mourning Forest	Screenplay	Movie	2007
The Mourning Forest	Producer	Movie	2007
Birth/Mother	Self	Movie	2006
Birth/Mother	Director	Movie	2006
Birth/Mother	Director of Photography	Movie	2006
Women Make Films	Self	Movie	2004
Shara	Reiko	Movie	2003
Shara	Director	Movie	2003
Shara	Writer	Movie	2003
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Self	Movie	2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Director	Movie	2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Writer	Movie	2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Editor	Movie	2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Director of Photography	Movie	2002
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Self	Movie	2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Director	Movie	2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Writer	Movie	2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Editor	Movie	2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Director of Photography	Movie	2001
Firefly	Director	Movie	2001
Firefly	Writer	Movie	2001
Firefly	Music	Movie	2001
Firefly	Editor	Movie	2001
Kaleidoscope	Self	Movie	1999
Kaleidoscope	Director	Movie	1999
Kaleidoscope	Director of Photography	Movie	1999
Kaleidoscope	Editor	Movie	1999
Kaleidoscope	Writer	Movie	1999
The Weald	Director	Movie	1998
The Weald	Writer	Movie	1998
The Weald	Producer	Movie	1998
The Weald	Editor	Movie	1998
The Weald	Director of Photography	Movie	1998
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai	Self	TV Series	1998
Love & Pop	Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)	Movie	1998
Suzaku	Director	Movie	1997
Suzaku	Writer	Movie	1997
Sun on the Horizon	Self	Movie	1996
Sun on the Horizon	Director	Movie	1996
Sun on the Horizon	Writer	Movie	1996
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)	Director	Movie	1996
Sun on the Horizon	Camera Operator	Movie	1996
Memory of the Wind	Herself	Movie	1995
Memory of the Wind	Director	Movie	1995
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26	Director	Movie	1995
See Heaven	Self	Movie	1995
See Heaven	Director	Movie	1995
Katatsumori	Self	Movie	1994
Katatsumori	Director	Movie	1994
Katatsumori	Producer	Movie	1994
Katatsumori	Director of Photography	Movie	1994
Katatsumori	Editor	Movie	1994
Katatsumori	Writer	Movie	1994
White Moon	Director	Movie	1993
Embracing	Self	Movie	1992
Embracing	Director	Movie	1992
Embracing	Director of Photography	Movie	1992
Embracing	Editor	Movie	1992
Embracing	Sound Recordist	Movie	1992
Embracing	Producer	Movie	1992
Embracing	Writer	Movie	1992
Like Happiness	Director	Movie	1991
The Girls' Daily Bread	Director	Movie	1990
My Sole Family	Director	Movie	1989
A Small Largeness	Director	Movie	1989
Presently,	Director	Movie	1989
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me	Director	Movie	1988
Papa's Ice Cream	Director	Movie	1988
My J-W-F	Director	Movie	1988
I Focus on That Which Interests Me	Director	Movie	1988
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film	Director	Movie	—