
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.
Acting · 23
Emergency Exit
2025
Amami
2016
The Tale of Iya
2013
Destroy Vicious
2011
Rien ne s'efface
2008
Birth/Mother
2006
Women Make Films
2004
Shara
2003
Kaleidoscope
1999
Love & Pop
1998
See Heaven
1995
Katatsumori
1994
Embracing
1992
Directing · 49
echo
2023
True Mothers
2020
Homemade
2020
The Moon
2018
Vision
2018
Cinema Fighters
2018
Parallel World
2018
Radiance
2017
Amami
2016
Lies
2016
Seed
2016
Sweet Bean
2015
Still the Water
2014
Hanezu
2012
Genpin
2010
Koma
2009
Haiku
2009
Nanayo
2008
Birth/Mother
2006
Shara
2003
Firefly
2001
Kaleidoscope
1999
The Weald
1998
Suzaku
1997
See Heaven
1995
Katatsumori
1994
White Moon
1993
Embracing
1992
Like Happiness
1991
My Sole Family
1989
Presently,
1989
Papa's Ice Cream
1988
My J-W-F
1988
Writing · 24
True Mothers
2020
The Moon
2018
Vision
2018
Cinema Fighters
2018
Radiance
2017
Seed
2016
Sweet Bean
2015
Still the Water
2014
Hanezu
2012
Genpin
2010
Nanayo
2008
Shara
2003
Firefly
2001
Kaleidoscope
1999
The Weald
1998
Suzaku
1997
Katatsumori
1994
Embracing
1992
Production · 15
Beyond the Fog
2023
Vision
2018
Sweet Bean
2015
Still the Water
2014
Hanezu
2012
Genpin
2010
Nanayo
2008
The Weald
1998
Katatsumori
1994
Embracing
1992
Camera · 10
Editing · 10
Sound · 2


































































