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Naomi Kawase

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...

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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.

Movies

Known for

Sweet Bean posterSweet Bean2015 · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer3.7ActuallyLikeLove & Pop posterLove & Pop1998 · Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)3.8True Mothers posterTrue Mothers2020 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography3.7Still the Water posterStill the Water2014 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer3.4Radiance posterRadiance2017 · Director, Screenplay3.2Suzaku posterSuzaku1997 · Director, Writer3.6The Mourning Forest posterThe Mourning Forest2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer3.4Shara posterShara2003 · Reiko3.1
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Sweet Bean posterSweet Bean2015 · Director, Screenplay3.7ActuallyLike
Cast

Cast credits

Love & Pop posterLove & Pop1998 · Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)3.8Shara posterShara2003 · Reiko3.1The Tale of Iya posterThe Tale of Iya2013 · Dr. Amamiya3.5Katatsumori posterKatatsumori1994 · Self3.8It Stopped Raining posterIt Stopped Raining2020 · Koyomi's Mother3.8Embracing posterEmbracing1992 · Self3.1Birth/Mother posterBirth/Mother2006 · Self3.1Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women posterReel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014 · Self3.3Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth posterSky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Self3.2Rien ne s'efface posterRien ne s'efface2008 · elle-même4.0Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom posterLetter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom2002 · Self3.1Sun on the Horizon posterSun on the Horizon1996 · Self3.5See Heaven posterSee Heaven1995 · Self2.5Kaleidoscope posterKaleidoscope1999 · Self2.5Amami posterAmami2016 · Self3.3TTrace2012 · Self3.3Emergency Exit posterEmergency Exit2025 · Cast2.0MMemory of the Wind1995 · Herself1.5
Crew

Crew credits

Sweet Bean posterSweet Bean2015 · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer3.7ActuallyLikeTrue Mothers posterTrue Mothers2020 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography3.7Still the Water posterStill the Water2014 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer3.4Radiance posterRadiance2017 · Director, Screenplay3.2Suzaku posterSuzaku1997 · Director, Writer3.6The Mourning Forest posterThe Mourning Forest2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer3.4Shara posterShara2003 · Writer, Director3.1Katatsumori posterKatatsumori1994 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer3.8Nanayo posterNanayo2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor3.5A Midsummer's Fantasia posterA Midsummer's Fantasia2015 · Producer3.7Vision posterVision2018 · Director, Writer, Producer2.5Hanezu posterHanezu2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography3.0Lies posterLies2016 · Director5.0Yakushima's Illusion posterYakushima's Illusion2025 · Director, Writer4.0Embracing posterEmbracing1992 · Director, Sound Recordist, Producer, Editor3.1Tracing Her Shadow posterTracing Her Shadow2021 · Executive Producer3.3Birth/Mother posterBirth/Mother2006 · Director, Director of Photography3.1Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth posterSky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography3.2