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Naomi Kawase

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

30/05/1969

Age

56 years old

Place of Birth

Nara, Japan

Naomi Kawase

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 rais... Read More

Known For

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

Missing Pictures

It Stopped Raining

Amami

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

The Tale of Iya

Shining Besides Funny Moon

Destroy Vicious

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

2021

Missing Pictures

as Self

2020

It Stopped Raining

as Koyomi's Mother

2016

Amami

as Self

2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Wo...

as Self

2013

The Tale of Iya

as Dr. Amamiya

2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon

2012

Trace

as Self

2011

Destroy Vicious

2006

Birth/Mother

as Self

2003

Shara

as Reiko

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

as Self

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

as Self

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Self

1998

Love & Pop

as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

1996

Sun on the Horizon

1995

Memory of the Wind

as Herself

1995

See Heaven

as Self

1994

Katatsumori

as Self

1992

Embracing

as Self

Crew

2023

Beyond the Fog

as Producer

2023

echo

as Director

2022

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo...

as Director

2022

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo...

as Director

2021

To The Future

as Director

2021

To The Future

as Editor

2021

To The Future

as Director of Photography

2021

Tracing Her Shadow

as Executive Producer

2020

True Mothers

as Director

2020

True Mothers

as Screenplay

2019

The Nikaidos' Fall

as Executive Producer

2018

The Moon

as Director

2018

The Moon

as Writer

2018

Vision

as Director

2018

Vision

as Writer

2018

Vision

as Producer

2018

Cinema Fighters

as Director

2018

Cinema Fighters

as Writer

2018

Parallel World

as Director

2017

Where Does the Sand Go?

as Director

2017

Where Does the Sand Go?

as Writer

2017

Radiance

as Director

2017

Radiance

as Screenplay

2016

Amami

as Director

2016

Lies

as Director

2016

Seed

as Director

2016

Seed

as Writer

2015

A Midsummer's Fantasia

as Producer

2015

Sweet Bean

as Screenplay

2015

Sweet Bean

as Director

2015

Sweet Bean

as Associate Producer

2014

Still the Water

as Director

2014

Still the Water

as Screenplay

2014

Still the Water

as Editor

2014

Still the Water

as Producer

2012

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

as Director

2012

Trace

as Director

2012

Trace

as Writer

2012

Trace

as Editor

2012

Trace

as Director of Photography

2012

Inori

as Producer

2012

Hanezu

as Director

2012

Hanezu

as Screenplay

2012

Hanezu

as Producer

2012

Hanezu

as Director of Photography

2012

Hanezu

as Editor

2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

as Director

2011

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

as Director

2010

Genpin

as Director

2010

Genpin

as Writer

2010

Genpin

as Producer

2009

Visitors

as Director

2009

Visitors

as Writer

2009

Koma

as Director

2009

Haiku

as Director

2009

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuest...

as Director

2009

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuest...

as Editor

2009

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuest...

as Cinematography

2008

Nanayo

as Director

2008

Nanayo

as Screenplay

2008

Nanayo

as Producer

2008

Nanayo

as Editor

2007

The Mourning Forest

as Director

2007

The Mourning Forest

as Screenplay

2007

The Mourning Forest

as Producer

2006

Birth/Mother

as Director

2006

Birth/Mother

as Director of Photography

2003

Shara

as Director

2003

Shara

as Writer

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

as Director

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

as Writer

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

as Editor

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

as Director of Photography

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

as Director

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

as Writer

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

as Editor

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

as Director of Photography

2001

Firefly

as Director

2001

Firefly

as Writer

2001

Firefly

as Music

2001

Firefly

as Editor

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Director

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Director of Photography

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Editor

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Writer

1998

The Weald

as Director

1998

The Weald

as Writer

1998

The Weald

as Producer

1998

The Weald

as Editor

1998

The Weald

as Director of Photography

1997

Suzaku

as Director

1997

Suzaku

as Writer

1996

Sun on the Horizon

as Director

1996

Sun on the Horizon

as Writer

1996

This World (A Correspondence Between Nao...

as Director

1995

Memory of the Wind

as Director

1995

See Heaven

as Director

1994

Katatsumori

as Director

1994

Katatsumori

as Producer

1994

Katatsumori

as Director of Photography

1994

Katatsumori

as Editor

1994

Katatsumori

as Writer

1993

White Moon

as Director

1992

Embracing

as Director

1992

Embracing

as Director of Photography

1992

Embracing

as Editor

1992

Embracing

as Sound Recordist

1992

Embracing

as Producer

1992

Embracing

as Writer

1991

Like Happiness

as Director

1990

The Girls' Daily Bread

as Director

1989

My Sole Family

as Director

1989

A Small Largeness

as Director

1989

Presently,

as Director

1988

The Concretization of These Things Flyin...

as Director

1988

Papa's Ice Cream

as Director

1988

My J-W-F

as Director

1988

I Focus on That Which Interests Me

as Director