Naomi Kawase
Directing · Born 1969-05-30 · Nara, Japan
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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Emergency Exit 2025
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Echoes of Motherhood 2025
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The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard 2025
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Missing Pictures 2021
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It Stopped Raining 2020
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Amami 2016
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women 2014
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The Tale of Iya 2013
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Shining Besides Funny Moon 2013
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Trace 2012
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Destroy Vicious 2011
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Birth/Mother 2006
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Women Make Films 2004
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Shara 2003
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Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom 2002
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Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth 2001
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Kaleidoscope 1999
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Love & Pop 1998
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Sun on the Horizon 1996
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Memory of the Wind 1995
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See Heaven 1995
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Katatsumori 1994
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Embracing 1992
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As director
Yakushima's Illusion 2025
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echo 2023
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Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B 2022
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Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A 2022
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To The Future 2021
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True Mothers 2020
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The Moon 2018
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Vision 2018
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Cinema Fighters 2018
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Parallel World 2018
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Where Does the Sand Go? 2017
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Radiance 2017
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Amami 2016
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Lies 2016
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Seed 2016
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Sweet Bean 2015
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Still the Water 2014
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Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi 2012
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Trace 2012
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Hanezu 2012
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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011
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3.11 A Sense of Home Films 2011
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Genpin 2010
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Visitors 2009
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Koma 2009
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Haiku 2009
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Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase 2009
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Nanayo 2008
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The Mourning Forest 2007
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Birth/Mother 2006
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Shara 2003
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Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom 2002
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Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth 2001
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Firefly 2001
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Kaleidoscope 1999
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The Weald 1998
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Suzaku 1997
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Sun on the Horizon 1996
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This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) 1996
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Memory of the Wind 1995
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See Heaven 1995
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Katatsumori 1994
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White Moon 1993
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Embracing 1992
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Like Happiness 1991
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The Girls' Daily Bread 1990
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My Sole Family 1989
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A Small Largeness 1989
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Presently, 1989
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The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me 1988
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Papa's Ice Cream 1988
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My J-W-F 1988
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I Focus on That Which Interests Me 1988
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Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
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