Naomi Kawase
Filmography

Naomi Kawase

DirectorBorn May 30, 1969Nara, Japan67 titles

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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Still the Water
Still the Water
2014 · 6.7
Director, Screenplay
True Mothers
True Mothers
2020 · 7.4
Director, Screenplay
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean
2015 · 7.5
Screenplay, Director
Love & Pop
Love & Pop
1998 · 7.7
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Radiance
Radiance
2017 · 6.5
Director, Screenplay
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026 · 6.5
Tanaka
Yakushima's Illusion
Yakushima's Illusion
2025 · 7.6
Director, Writer
Vision
Vision
2018 · 4.9
Director, Writer
The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest
2007 · 6.8
Director, Screenplay
It Stopped Raining
It Stopped Raining
2020 · 7.5
Koyomi's Mother