Naomi Kawase
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 30, 1969 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
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
| 2026 | The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard | |
| 2025 | Emergency Exit | |
| 2025 | Echoes of Motherhood | |
| 2021 | What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now | |
| 2020 | It Stopped RainingKoyomi's Mother | |
| 2016 | AmamiSelf | |
| 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf | |
| 2013 | Shining Besides Funny Moon | |
| 2013 | The Tale of IyaDr. Amamiya | |
| 2012 | TraceSelf | |
| 2011 | Destroy Vicious | |
| 2008 | Rien ne s'effaceelle-même | |
| 2006 | Birth/MotherSelf | |
| 2004 | Women Make FilmsSelf | |
| 2003 | SharaReiko | |
| 2002 | Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomSelf | |
| 2001 | Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthSelf | |
| 1999 | KaleidoscopeSelf | |
| 1998 | Love & PopWoman speaking to Hiromi (voice) | |
| 1998 | Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, SempaiSelf | |
| 1996 | Sun on the Horizon | |
| 1995 | See HeavenSelf | |
| 1995 | Memory of the WindHerself | |
| 1994 | KatatsumoriSelf | |
| 1992 | EmbracingSelf |
| 2023 | Beyond the FogProducer | |
| 2021 | Tracing Her ShadowExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | The Nikaidos' FallExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | VisionProducer | |
| 2015 | A Midsummer's FantasiaProducer | |
| 2015 | Sweet BeanAssociate Producer | |
| 2014 | Still the WaterProducer | |
| 2012 | InoriProducer | |
| 2012 | HanezuProducer | |
| 2010 | GenpinProducer | |
| 2008 | NanayoProducer | |
| 2007 | The Mourning ForestProducer | |
| 1998 | The WealdProducer | |
| 1994 | KatatsumoriProducer | |
| 1992 | EmbracingProducer |
| 2025 | Yakushima's IllusionDirector | |
| 2023 | echoDirector | |
| 2022 | Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BDirector | |
| 2022 | Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side ADirector | |
| 2021 | To The FutureDirector | |
| 2020 | True MothersDirector | |
| 2020 | HomemadeDirector | |
| 2018 | Cinema FightersDirector | |
| 2018 | The MoonDirector | |
| 2018 | VisionDirector | |
| 2018 | Parallel WorldDirector | |
| 2017 | Where Does the Sand Go?Director | |
| 2017 | RadianceDirector | |
| 2016 | SeedDirector | |
| 2016 | LiesDirector | |
| 2016 | AmamiDirector | |
| 2015 | Sweet BeanDirector | |
| 2014 | Still the WaterDirector | |
| 2012 | HanezuDirector | |
| 2012 | TraceDirector | |
| 2012 | Hikaru Utada: Sakura NagashiDirector | |
| 2011 | 3.11 A Sense of Home FilmsDirector | |
| 2011 | 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector | |
| 2010 | GenpinDirector | |
| 2009 | KomaDirector | |
| 2009 | Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseDirector | |
| 2009 | HaikuDirector | |
| 2008 | NanayoDirector | |
| 2007 | The Mourning ForestDirector | |
| 2006 | Birth/MotherDirector | |
| 2003 | SharaDirector | |
| 2002 | Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomDirector | |
| 2001 | Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthDirector | |
| 2001 | FireflyDirector | |
| 1999 | KaleidoscopeDirector | |
| 1998 | The WealdDirector | |
| 1997 | SuzakuDirector | |
| 1996 | Sun on the HorizonDirector | |
| 1996 | This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Director | |
| 1995 | See HeavenDirector | |
| 1995 | Memory of the WindDirector | |
| 1995 | Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Director | |
| 1994 | KatatsumoriDirector | |
| 1993 | White MoonDirector | |
| 1992 | EmbracingDirector | |
| 1991 | Like HappinessDirector | |
| 1990 | The Girls' Daily BreadDirector | |
| 1989 | A Small LargenessDirector | |
| 1989 | My Sole FamilyDirector | |
| 1989 | Presently,Director | |
| 1988 | The Concretization of These Things Flying Around MeDirector | |
| 1988 | I Focus on That Which Interests MeDirector | |
| 1988 | Papa's Ice CreamDirector | |
| 1988 | My J-W-FDirector | |
| - | Untitled Naomi Kawase FilmDirector |
| 2025 | Yakushima's IllusionWriter | |
| 2020 | True MothersScreenplay | |
| 2018 | The MoonWriter | |
| 2018 | Cinema FightersWriter | |
| 2018 | VisionWriter | |
| 2017 | Where Does the Sand Go?Writer | |
| 2017 | RadianceScreenplay | |
| 2016 | SeedWriter | |
| 2015 | Sweet BeanScreenplay | |
| 2014 | Still the WaterScreenplay | |
| 2012 | HanezuScreenplay | |
| 2012 | TraceWriter | |
| 2010 | GenpinWriter | |
| 2008 | NanayoScreenplay | |
| 2007 | The Mourning ForestScreenplay | |
| 2003 | SharaWriter | |
| 2002 | Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomWriter | |
| 2001 | FireflyWriter | |
| 2001 | Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthWriter | |
| 1999 | KaleidoscopeWriter | |
| 1998 | The WealdWriter | |
| 1997 | SuzakuWriter | |
| 1996 | Sun on the HorizonWriter | |
| 1994 | KatatsumoriWriter | |
| 1992 | EmbracingWriter |
| 2009 | Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseCinematography |