Naomi Kawase
Directing
25 credits
Born
May 30, 1969 (56 years old)
Place of birth
Nara, Japan
Biography
Naomi Kawase (ζ²³η¨η΄ηΎ 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.
Movies (23)
Movie
7.7
Love & Pop
1998
Movie
Missing Pictures
2021
Movie
7.0
Sun on the Horizon
1996
Movie
7.7
It Stopped Raining
2020
Movie
6.4
Shara
2003
Movie
6.9
The Tale of Iya
2013
Movie
Destroy Vicious
2011
Movie
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Movie
Emergency Exit
2025
Movie
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Movie
7.3
Katatsumori
1994
Movie
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2025
Movie
5.7
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
Movie
5.0
Kaleidoscope
1999
Movie
6.0
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
Movie
5.0
See Heaven
1995
Movie
6.3
Birth/Mother
2006
Movie
6.5
Trace
2012
Shows (2)
As... (122)
Show
5.5
Homemade
2020
Movie
5.0
Haiku
2009
Movie
7.4
Sweet Bean
2015
Movie
7.4
Sweet Bean
2015
Movie
7.4
Sweet Bean
2015
Movie
7.4
True Mothers
2020
Movie
7.4
True Mothers
2020
Movie
7.4
True Mothers
2020
Movie
6.8
Still the Water
2014
Movie
6.8
Still the Water
2014
Movie
6.8
Still the Water
2014
Movie
6.8
Still the Water
2014