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Naomi Kawase
Naomi Kawase (河瀨直美 Kawase Naomi, born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director.
Born May 30, 1969 Nara, Japan1 movie on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2026Transit in FlamingoProducer
- 2026The Wolf, the Fox, and the LeopardTanaka
- 2025Emergency ExitActor
- 2025Yakushima's IllusionDirector · Writer
- 2023Beyond the FogProducer
- 2023echoDirector
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BDirector
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side ADirector
- 2021To The FutureDirector
- 2021Tracing Her ShadowProducer
- 2020True MothersDirector · Writer
- 2020It Stopped RainingKoyomi's Mother
- 2019The Nikaidos' FallProducer
- 2018The MoonDirector · Writer
- 2018VisionDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2018Cinema FightersDirector · Writer
- 2018Parallel WorldDirector
- 2017Where Does the Sand Go?Director · Writer
- 2017RadianceDirector · Writer
- 2016AmamiDirector · Self
- 2016LiesDirector
- 2016SeedDirector · Writer
- 2015A Midsummer's FantasiaProducer
- 2015Sweet BeanDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2015AmamiDirector · Narrator (voice)
- 2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf
- 2014Still the WaterDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2013The Tale of IyaDr. Amamiya
- 2013Shining Besides Funny MoonActor
- 2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura NagashiDirector
- 2012TraceDirector · Writer · Self
- 2012InoriProducer
- 2012HanezuDirector · Writer · Producer
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirector
- 20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsDirector
- 2011Destroy ViciousActor
- 2010GenpinDirector · Producer · Writer
- 2009KomaDirector
- 2009HaikuDirector
- 2009Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi KawaseDirector
- 2008NanayoDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2008Rien ne s'effaceelle-même
- 2007The Mourning ForestDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2006Birth/MotherDirector · Self
- 2004Women Make FilmsSelf
- 2003SharaWriter · Director · Reiko
- 2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomDirector · Writer · Self
- 2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthDirector · Writer · Self
- 2001FireflyDirector · Writer
- 1999KaleidoscopeDirector · Writer · Self
- 1998The WealdDirector · Writer · Producer
- 1998Love & PopWoman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
- 1997SuzakuDirector · Writer
- 1996Sun on the HorizonWriter · Director · Self
- 1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)Director
- 1995Memory of the WindDirector · Herself
- 1995Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26Director
- 1995See HeavenDirector · Self
- 1994KatatsumoriDirector · Producer · Writer · Self
- 1993White MoonDirector
- 1992EmbracingDirector · Producer · Writer · Self
- 1991Like HappinessDirector
- 1990The Girls' Daily BreadDirector
- 1989My Sole FamilyDirector
- 1989A Small LargenessDirector
- 1989Presently,Director
- 1988The Concretization of These Things Flying Around MeDirector
- 1988Papa's Ice CreamDirector
- 1988My J-W-FDirector
- 1988I Focus on That Which Interests MeDirector
- Untitled Naomi Kawase FilmDirector
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