- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 30, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Nara, Japan
Naomi Kawase
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
movieTransit in Flamingo
2026 · Executive Producer
movieThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
movieEmergency Exit
2025
movieYakushima's Illusion
2025 · Director, Writer
movieEchoes of Motherhood
2025
movieBeyond the Fog
2023 · Producer
movieecho
2023 · Director
movieOfficial Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022 · Director
movieOfficial Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022 · Director
To The Future
movieTo The Future
2021 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieTracing Her Shadow
2021 · Executive Producer
tvWhat Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
movieTrue Mothers
2020 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
tvHomemade
2020 · Director
movieIt Stopped Raining
2020 · Koyomi's Mother
movieThe Nikaidos' Fall
2019 · Executive Producer
movieThe Moon
2018 · Director, Writer
movieVision
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieCinema Fighters
2018 · Director, Writer
movieParallel World
2018 · Director
movieWhere Does the Sand Go?
2017 · Director, Writer
movieRadiance
2017 · Director, Screenplay
movieAmami
2016 · Self, Director
movieLies
2016 · Director
movieSeed
2016 · Director, Writer
movieA Midsummer's Fantasia
2015 · Producer
movieSweet Bean
2015 · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
movieReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
movieStill the Water
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
movieThe Tale of Iya
2013 · Dr. Amamiya
movieShining Besides Funny Moon
2013
movieHikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
2012 · Director
Trace
movieTrace
2012 · Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Inori
movieInori
2012 · Producer
movieHanezu
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
movie60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
movie3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Director
movieDestroy Vicious
2011
movieGenpin
2010 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieKoma
2009 · Director
movieHaiku
2009 · Director
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
movieCinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
2009 · Cinematography, Editor, Director
movieNanayo
2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
movieRien ne s'efface
2008 · elle-même
movieThe Mourning Forest
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieBirth/Mother
2006 · Self, Director, Director of Photography
movieWomen Make Films
2004 · Self
movieShara
2003 · Reiko, Writer, Director
movieLetter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002 · Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieSky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001 · Self, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
movieFirefly
2001 · Director, Writer, Editor, Music
movieKaleidoscope
1999 · Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
movieThe Weald
1998 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
tvWelcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
1998 · Self
movieLove & Pop
1998 · Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
movieSuzaku
1997 · Director, Writer
movieSun on the Horizon
1996 · Self, Writer, Director, Camera Operator
movieThis World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
1996 · Director
Memory of the Wind
movieMemory of the Wind
1995 · Herself, Director
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
movieKaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
1995 · Director
movieSee Heaven
1995 · Self, Director
movieKatatsumori
1994 · Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
movieWhite Moon
1993 · Director
movieEmbracing
1992 · Self, Director, Sound Recordist, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
movieLike Happiness
1991 · Director
movieThe Girls' Daily Bread
1990 · Director
movieMy Sole Family
1989 · Director
movieA Small Largeness
1989 · Director
moviePresently,
1989 · Director
movieThe Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me
1988 · Director
moviePapa's Ice Cream
1988 · Director
movieMy J-W-F
1988 · Director
movieI Focus on That Which Interests Me
1988 · Director
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
movieUntitled Naomi Kawase Film
— · Director