
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

