Director
Naomi Kawase
57 years · Nara, Japan · 63 films
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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Filmography 62
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026 · Tanaka
Emergency Exit
2025 · Actor
Yakushima's Illusion
2025 · Director, Writer
Beyond the Fog
2023 · Producer
echo
2023 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
2022 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
2022 · Director
True Mothers
2020 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
It Stopped Raining
2020 · Koyomi's Mother
On Amazon Prime Video
The Moon
2018 · Director, Writer
Vision
2018 · Director, Writer
Cinema Fighters
2018 · Director, Writer
Parallel World
2018 · Director
Where Does the Sand Go?
2017 · Director, Writer
Radiance
2017 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Amami
2016 · Self, Director
Lies
2016 · Director
Seed
2016 · Director, Writer
A Midsummer's Fantasia
2015 · Producer
On Tubi TV
Sweet Bean
2015 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Amami
2015 · Narrator (voice), Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
On Kanopy
Still the Water
2014 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
The Tale of Iya
2013 · Dr. Amamiya