Directing
Naomi Kawase
JA, EN, CA, FR cinema · 72 credits
Born
30 May 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Nara, Japan
Also known as 河瀨直美 · 仙頭直美 · Sentō Naomi · 가와세 나오미 · 센토 나오미 · Наоми Кавасэ
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.
Known for
Filmography
Transit in Flamingo
Executive Producer
Yakushima's Illusion
Director, Writer
echo
Director
Beyond the Fog
Producer
To The Future
2021
To The Future
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
True Mothers
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer
Cinema Fighters
Director, Writer
The Moon
Director, Writer
Vision
Director, Writer, Producer
Parallel World
Director
Where Does the Sand Go?
Director, Writer
Radiance
Director, Screenplay
Amami
as Self, Director
Seed
Director, Writer
Lies
Director
Amami
as Narrator (voice), Director
Sweet Bean
Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer
Still the Water
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
塵
2012
Trace
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Hanezu
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
祈
2012
Inori
Producer
Genpin
Director, Writer, Producer
Koma
Director
Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta
2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Haiku
Director
Rien ne s'efface
as elle-même
Nanayo
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
The Mourning Forest
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Birth/Mother
as Self, Director, Director of Photography
Shara
as Reiko, Director, Writer
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Firefly
Director, Writer, Music, Editor
Kaleidoscope
as Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
The Weald
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Suzaku
Director, Writer
Sun on the Horizon
as Self, Director, Writer, Camera Operator
See Heaven
as Self, Director
風の記憶
1995
Memory of the Wind
as Herself, Director
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
1995
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
Director
Katatsumori
as Self, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
White Moon
Director
Embracing
as Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Producer, Writer
Like Happiness
Director
Presently,
Director
My Sole Family
Director
My J-W-F
Director
