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 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.
20
Films
2
TV Shows
51
Crew Credits
Known For
22 Credits
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
as Self
1998
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998
Sun on the Horizon
1996
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
2020
Shara
as Reiko
2003
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
2013
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Emergency Exit
2025
Destroy Vicious
2011
Katatsumori
as Self
1994
Behind the Camera
51 Credits
Homemade
Director
2020
Haiku
Director
2009
Sweet Bean
Director
2015
True Mothers
Director
2020
Sun on the Horizon
Writer, Director
1996
Vision
Director, Writer, Producer
2018
Yakushima's Illusion
Director, Writer
2025
Genpin
Director, Writer, Producer
2010
The Mourning Forest
Producer, Director
2007
Still the Water
Director, Producer
2014
Suzaku
Writer, Director
1997
Radiance
Director
2017