Naomi Kawase
Born
30 May 1969 (56)
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
Also known as
Sentō Naomi
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.
Filmography (40)
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Emergency Exit
2025
Yakushima's Illusion
2025
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
echo
2023
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022
To The Future
2021
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True Mothers
2020
It Stopped Raining
2020
The Moon
2018
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Vision
2018
Cinema Fighters
2018
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Parallel World
2018
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Where Does the Sand Go?
2017
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Radiance
2017
Amami
2016
Lies
2016
Seed
2016
Sweet Bean
2015
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Still the Water
2014
The Tale of Iya
2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
2012
Trace
2012
Hanezu
2012
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011
Destroy Vicious
2011
Genpin
2010
Koma
2009
Haiku
2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
2009
Nanayo
2008
Rien ne s'efface
2008
The Mourning Forest
2007
Birth/Mother
2006
Women Make Films
2004
Shara
2003