Naomi Kawase
Directing
Born: 1969-05-30 · 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.
🎬 Movies (20)
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Emergency Exit
2025
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
It Stopped Raining
2020
Koyomi's Mother
Amami
2016
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Self
The Tale of Iya
2013
Dr. Amamiya
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Trace
2012
Self
Destroy Vicious
2011
Rien ne s'efface
2008
elle-même
Birth/Mother
2006
Self
Women Make Films
2004
Self
Shara
2003
Reiko
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
Self
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
Self
Kaleidoscope
1999
Self
Love & Pop
1998
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Sun on the Horizon
1996
Self
Memory of the Wind
1995
Herself
