Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawaseborn 1969

usually

Director

Popularity

0.5

Famous

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.

Credits

Beyond the Fog
Beyond the Fog

2023

Drama

Producer

8
0.2
echo
echo

2023

Drama • Music

Director

1
0
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

2022

Documentary

Director

6
0.1
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

2022

Documentary

Director

6
0.1
To The Future
To The Future

2021

Documentary

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

Tracing Her Shadow
Tracing Her Shadow

2021

Drama

Executive Producer

6.8
0.2
True Mothers
True Mothers

2020

Drama

Director, Screenplay

7.4
1.4
The Nikaidos' Fall
The Nikaidos' Fall

2019

Executive Producer

4.7
0.2
The Moon
The Moon

2018

Director, Writer

0.1
Vision
Vision

2018

Drama

Director, Writer, Producer

4.9
0.4
Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters

2018

Drama

Director, Writer

0.2
Parallel World
Parallel World

2018

Director

0.1
Where Does the Sand Go?
Where Does the Sand Go?

2017

Writer, Director

0.1
Radiance
Radiance

2017

Drama • Romance

Screenplay, Director

6.5
0.7
Amami
Amami

2016

Documentary

Director

6.5
0
Lies
Lies

2016

Drama

Director

10
0
Seed
Seed

2016

Music

Director, Writer

1
0.1
A Midsummer's Fantasia
A Midsummer's Fantasia

2015

Drama • Romance

Producer

7.2
0.4
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean

2015

Drama

Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer

7.4
1.3
Still the Water
Still the Water

2014

Drama • Romance

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

6.8
0.9
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

2012

Director

0
Trace
Trace

2012

Documentary

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

6.5
0.1
Inori
Inori

2012

Documentary

Producer

2.8
0.1
Hanezu
Hanezu

2012

Drama • Romance

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor

6
0.3
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011

Animation • Comedy • Documentary • Drama • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

Director

3.8
0.4
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films

2011

Animation • Documentary • Drama

Director

6.5
0.2
Genpin
Genpin

2010

Documentary

Director, Writer, Producer

5
0.1
Visitors
Visitors

2009

Drama

Director, Writer

5.2
0.3
Koma
Koma

2009

Drama

Director

0.1
Haiku
Haiku

2009

Director

5
0
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

2009

Documentary

Director, Cinematography, Editor

6.7
0
Nanayo
Nanayo

2008

Drama

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

7
0.3
The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest

2007

Drama

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.8
0.7
Birth/Mother
Birth/Mother

2006

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

6.3
0.1
Shara
Shara

2003

Drama

Director, Writer

6.4
0.3
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

2002

Documentary

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

5.7
0.1
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

2001

Documentary

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

6
0.1
Firefly
Firefly

2001

Drama

Director, Writer, Editor, Music

0.1
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

1999

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

5
0.1
The Weald
The Weald

1998

Documentary

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

5.7
0
Suzaku
Suzaku

1997

Drama

Writer, Director

7.2
0.6
Sun on the Horizon
Sun on the Horizon

1996

Documentary

Writer, Director

7
0
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

1996

Documentary

Director

1
0.1
Memory of the Wind
Memory of the Wind

1995

Documentary

Director

3
0.1
See Heaven
See Heaven

1995

Documentary

Director

5
0.1
Katatsumori
Katatsumori

1994

Documentary

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

7.3
0.3
White Moon
White Moon

1993

Drama

Director

0
Embracing
Embracing

1992

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist, Writer

6.2
0.1
Like Happiness
Like Happiness

1991

Director

0
The Girls' Daily Bread
The Girls' Daily Bread

1990

Director

0.1
My Sole Family
My Sole Family

1989

Director

0
A Small Largeness
A Small Largeness

1989

Director

0
Presently,
Presently,

1989

Director

0
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

1988

Director

0
Papa's Ice Cream
Papa's Ice Cream

1988

Director

0.1
My J-W-F
My J-W-F

1988

Director

0
I Focus on That Which Interests Me
I Focus on That Which Interests Me

1988

Director

0
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

Director

0
L'Illusion de Yakushima - たしかにあった幻
L'Illusion de Yakushima - たしかにあった幻

Director

0

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