Naomi Kawase

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

24

Gender

Female

Birthday

1969-05-30 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Nara, Japan

Naomi Kawase

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

  • Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

    Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

  • Shara

    Shara

  • Love & Pop

    Love & Pop

  • Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

  • It Stopped Raining

    It Stopped Raining

  • Shining Besides Funny Moon

    Shining Besides Funny Moon

  • Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

  • Sun on the Horizon

    Sun on the Horizon

  • Amami

    Amami

  • Trace

    Trace

  • Birth/Mother

    Birth/Mother

  • Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

  • Embracing

    Embracing

  • Memory of the Wind

    Memory of the Wind

  • Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

  • The Tale of Iya

    The Tale of Iya

  • See Heaven

    See Heaven

  • Echoes of Motherhood

    Echoes of Motherhood

  • Destroy Vicious

    Destroy Vicious

  • Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

  • The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

    The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

  • What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

    What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

  • Missing Pictures

    Missing Pictures

  • Emergency Exit

    Emergency Exit