Naomi Kawase
Directing
Born: May 30, 1969 (age 57) · Nara, Japan
Highest Rated
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 raised her. Aside from being a filmmaker, she is the founder and Executive Director for the Nara International Film Festival.
Known for
Sweet Bean
2015
Radiance
2017
Still the Water
2014
True Mothers
2020
Love & Pop
1998
The Mourning Forest
2007
Shara
2003
Suzaku
1997
Vision
2018
Homemade
2020
The Tale of Iya
2013
Hanezu
2012
Photos (5)
Movies (9)
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Emergency Exit
2025
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Tanaka
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Shara
Reiko
Rien ne s'efface
elle-même
Destroy Vicious
2011
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (12)
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
Self · 1 eps
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
Katatsumori
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Kaleidoscope
Self
See Heaven
Self
Embracing
Self
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self
Sun on the Horizon
Self
Women Make Films
Self
Amami
Self
Birth/Mother
Self
Upcoming (1)
Directing (49)
Sweet Bean
Director
True Mothers
Director
Homemade
Director
Still the Water
Director
Radiance
Director
Vision
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
The Mourning Forest
Director
Suzaku
Director
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
Yakushima's Illusion
Director
Cinema Fighters
Director
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Director
Shara
Director
Katatsumori
Director
Nanayo
Director
Kaleidoscope
Director
Where Does the Sand Go?
Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director
The Moon
Director
Seed
Director
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director
Hanezu
Director
Haiku
Director
echo
Director
See Heaven
Director
Firefly
Director
Embracing
Director
Koma
Director
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Director
Presently,
Director
Like Happiness
Director
Sun on the Horizon
Director
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
Director
Lies
Director
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me
Director
Parallel World
Director
My J-W-F
Director
The Girls' Daily Bread
Director
Papa's Ice Cream
Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director
Amami
Director
Genpin
Director
The Weald
Director
Birth/Mother
Director
I Focus on That Which Interests Me
Director
A Small Largeness
Director
White Moon
Director
My Sole Family
Director
Writing (24)
Sweet Bean
Screenplay
True Mothers
Screenplay
Still the Water
Screenplay
Radiance
Screenplay
Vision
Writer
The Mourning Forest
Screenplay
Suzaku
Writer
Yakushima's Illusion
Writer
Cinema Fighters
Writer
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Writer
Shara
Writer
Katatsumori
Writer
Nanayo
Screenplay
Kaleidoscope
Writer
Where Does the Sand Go?
Writer
The Moon
Writer
Seed
Writer
Hanezu
Screenplay
Firefly
Writer
Embracing
Writer
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Writer
Sun on the Horizon
Writer
Genpin
Writer
The Weald
Writer
Producing (15)
Sweet Bean
Associate Producer
Still the Water
Producer
Vision
Producer
The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer
The Mourning Forest
Producer
Beyond the Fog
Producer
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
Katatsumori
Producer
Nanayo
Producer
A Midsummer's Fantasia
Producer
Hanezu
Producer
Transit in Flamingo
Executive Producer
Embracing
Producer
Genpin
Producer
The Weald
Producer
Other Crew (22)
True Mothers
Director of Photography
Still the Water
Editor
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Editor
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Director of Photography
Katatsumori
Director of Photography
Katatsumori
Editor
Nanayo
Editor
Kaleidoscope
Director of Photography
Kaleidoscope
Editor
Hanezu
Director of Photography
Hanezu
Editor
Firefly
Editor
Firefly
Music
Embracing
Director of Photography
Embracing
Editor
Embracing
Sound Recordist
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Editor
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Director of Photography
Sun on the Horizon
Camera Operator
The Weald
Editor
The Weald
Director of Photography
Birth/Mother
Director of Photography