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.
Acting
Movie
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998
Movie
Shara
as Reiko
2003
Movie
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
2013
Movie
Katatsumori
as Self
1994
Movie
Embracing
as Self
1992
Movie
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
2020
Movie
Birth/Mother
as Self
2006
Movie
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
as Self
2001
Movie
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Self
2002
Movie
Trace
as Self
2012
Movie
See Heaven
as Self
1995
Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Movie
Kaleidoscope
as Self
1999
Movie
Memory of the Wind
as Herself
1995
Movie
Sun on the Horizon
as Self
1996
Movie
Amami
as Self
2016
Movie
Emergency Exit
2025
Movie
Rien ne s'efface
as elle-même
2008
Movie
Destroy Vicious
2011
Movie
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Movie
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Movie
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
Movie
Women Make Films
as Self
2004
TV
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
Crew
Movie
Sweet Bean
Director
2015
Movie
Radiance
Director
2017
Movie
Still the Water
Director
2014
Movie
True Mothers
Director
2020
Movie
The Mourning Forest
Director
2007
Movie
Shara
Writer
2003
Movie
Suzaku
Director
1997
Movie
Vision
Director
2018
TV
Homemade
Director
2020
Movie
Hanezu
Director
2012
Movie
Nanayo
Director
2008
Movie
Katatsumori
Director
1994