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Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Actor, Director, Writer

Born May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan

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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.

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22 wins and 32 nominations

Naomi Kawase Photos

Naomi Kawase Videos

Missing Pictures | Een gesprek met Catherine Hardwicke

Missing Pictures: Een gesprek met Clément Deneux

Missing Pictures - Nederlands ondertitelde trailer

Trailer "SHARA (2003)" Naomi Kawase FC4+1 (2011)

Filmography

Actor

45

Type

Year

Echoes of Motherhood Poster

Echoes of Motherhood Feature Film2025

Emergency Exit Poster

Emergency Exit Feature Film2025

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard Poster

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard Feature Film2025

Missing Pictures: Naomi Kawase Short Film2024

All Kids Cry in the Same Voice: Making of Tracing Her Shadow Short Film2021Self

Missing Pictures: Tsai Ming-Liang Poster

Missing Pictures: Tsai Ming-Liang Short Film2021

Endless Cinema Poster

Endless Cinema Feature Film2019Self - Interviewee

Shizukana ame Poster

Shizukana ame Feature Film2019Koyomi's mother

Variations Kawase Documentary2019

Empire of Mirrors Poster

Empire of Mirrors Documentary2018Self

Takayuki Yamada's Cannes Film Festival Poster

Takayuki Yamada's Cannes Film Festival Mini-Series2017Self

Listen to the Azuki's Voice Poster

Listen to the Azuki's Voice Documentary2016Interviewee

Newsroom Tokyo Poster

Newsroom Tokyo TV Series2015Self

Tria33 TV Series2015Self - Interviewee

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Poster

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Documentary2014Self - Interviewee

The Tale of Iya Poster

The Tale of Iya Feature Film2013Dr. Amamiya

Chiri Documentary2012Self

Natsume no omimi Mini-Series2012Self

Saezaete nao kokkeina tsuki Poster

Saezaete nao kokkeina tsuki Feature Film2012

Hôga wo irodotta joyû tachi TV Series2011Self

Kawase-san Documentary2010Self

Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta Documentary2009Self

Natural Woman TV Series2008Self

Rien ne s'efface Poster

Rien ne s'efface TV Movie2008Self

Bokura no jidai Poster

Bokura no jidai TV Series2007Self

Birth/Mother Poster

Birth/Mother Documentary2006Self

ETV Special TV Series2003Self

Shara Feature Film2003Reiko

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Documentary2002Self

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Documentary2001Self

Kaleidoscope Poster

Kaleidoscope Documentary1999Self

Jônetsu tairiku Poster

Jônetsu tairiku TV Series1998Self

Love & Pop Poster

Love & Pop Feature Film1998

Top Runner TV Series1997Self

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996Self

This World Feature Film1996Self

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995Self

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994Self

Today's Close Up Poster

Today's Close Up TV Series1993Self

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992Self

Días de cine Poster

Días de cine TV Series1991Self - Interviewee

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988Self

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988Self

Cinema 3 Poster

Cinema 3 TV Series1984Self - Interviewee

Cannes Film Festival Poster

Cannes Film Festival TV Series1952Self - Jury member

Director

47

Type

Year

Yakushima's Illusion Poster

Yakushima's Illusion Feature Film2025

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Feature Film2022

Tokyo 2020 Olympic SIDE: B Poster

Tokyo 2020 Olympic SIDE: B Feature Film2022

Homemade Poster

Homemade TV Series2020

True Mothers Poster

True Mothers Feature Film2020

Cinema Fighters Poster

Cinema Fighters Feature Film2018

Vision Feature Film2018

Parallel World Poster

Parallel World Short Film2017

Radiance Poster

Radiance Feature Film2017

Seed Short Film2016

Lies Short Film2015

Sweet Bean Poster

Sweet Bean Feature Film2015

Still the Water Poster

Still the Water Feature Film2014

Chiri Documentary2012

3.11 Sense of Home Poster

3.11 Sense of Home Documentary2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Poster

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Feature Film2011

Hanezu Feature Film2011

Genpin Documentary2010

Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta Documentary2009

Visitors Poster

Visitors Feature Film2009

Nanayo Feature Film2008

The Mourning Forest Poster

The Mourning Forest Feature Film2007

Birth/Mother Poster

Birth/Mother Documentary2006

Shadow Short Film2004

Shara Feature Film2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Documentary2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Documentary2001

Firefly Feature Film2000

Kaleidoscope Poster

Kaleidoscope Documentary1999

Suzaku Feature Film1997

The Weald Poster

The Weald Documentary1997

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996

This World Feature Film1996

Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film1995

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994

White Moon Poster

White Moon Feature Film1993

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992

Like Happiness Poster

Like Happiness Short Film1991

The Girls' Daily Bread Poster

The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film1990

A Small Largeness Poster

A Small Largeness Short Film1989

My Sole Family Poster

My Sole Family Short Film1989

Presently, Poster

Presently, Short Film1989

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Poster

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film1988

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Poster

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film1988

Writer

40

Type

Year

True Mothers Poster

True Mothers Feature Film2020

Cinema Fighters Poster

Cinema Fighters Feature Film2018

Vision Feature Film2018

Radiance Poster

Radiance Feature Film2017

Seed Short Film2016

Lies Short Film2015

Sweet Bean Poster

Sweet Bean Feature Film2015

Still the Water Poster

Still the Water Feature Film2014

Chiri Documentary2012

Hanezu Feature Film2011

Genpin Documentary2010

Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta Documentary2009

Visitors Poster

Visitors Feature Film2009

Nanayo Feature Film2008

The Mourning Forest Poster

The Mourning Forest Feature Film2007

Birth/Mother Poster

Birth/Mother Documentary2006

Shadow Short Film2004

Shara Feature Film2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Documentary2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Documentary2001

Firefly Feature Film2000

Kaleidoscope Poster

Kaleidoscope Documentary1999

Suzaku Feature Film1997

The Weald Poster

The Weald Documentary1997

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996

This World Feature Film1996

Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film1995

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994

White Moon Poster

White Moon Feature Film1993

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992

Like Happiness Poster

Like Happiness Short Film1991

The Girls' Daily Bread Poster

The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film1990

A Small Largeness Poster

A Small Largeness Short Film1989

My Sole Family Poster

My Sole Family Short Film1989

Presently, Poster

Presently, Short Film1989

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Poster

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film1988

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Poster

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film1988

Producer

37

Type

Year

Yakushima's Illusion Poster

Yakushima's Illusion Feature Film2025

Beyond the Fog Poster

Beyond the Fog Feature Film2023

Tracing Her Shadow Poster

Tracing Her Shadow Feature Film2020

The Nikaidos' Fall Poster

The Nikaidos' Fall Feature Film2018

The Wind From Persia Poster

The Wind From Persia Short Film2018

Vision Feature Film2018

Higashi no ohkami Poster

Higashi no ohkami Feature Film2016

Sweet Bean Poster

Sweet Bean Feature Film2015

A Midsummer's Fantasia Poster

A Midsummer's Fantasia Feature Film2014

Still the Water Poster

Still the Water Feature Film2014

A Tale Of Your Scab Poster

A Tale Of Your Scab Short Film2013

Inori Documentary2012

3.11 Sense of Home Poster

3.11 Sense of Home Documentary2011

Hanezu Feature Film2011

Bion Feature Film2010

Genpin Documentary2010

Last Chestnuts Feature Film2010

Nanayo Feature Film2008

The Mourning Forest Poster

The Mourning Forest Feature Film2007

Birth/Mother Poster

Birth/Mother Documentary2006

The Weald Poster

The Weald Documentary1997

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996

This World Feature Film1996

Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film1995

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994

White Moon Poster

White Moon Feature Film1993

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992

Like Happiness Poster

Like Happiness Short Film1991

The Girls' Daily Bread Poster

The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film1990

A Small Largeness Poster

A Small Largeness Short Film1989

My Sole Family Poster

My Sole Family Short Film1989

Presently, Poster

Presently, Short Film1989

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Poster

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film1988

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Poster

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film1988

Editor

26

Type

Year

Still the Water Poster

Still the Water Feature Film2014

Hanezu Feature Film2011

Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta Documentary2009

Nanayo Feature Film2008

Shadow Short Film2004

Shara Feature Film2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Documentary2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Documentary2001

Firefly Feature Film2000

Kaleidoscope Poster

Kaleidoscope Documentary1999

The Weald Poster

The Weald Documentary1997

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996

Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film1995

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994

White Moon Poster

White Moon Feature Film1993

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992

Like Happiness Poster

Like Happiness Short Film1991

The Girls' Daily Bread Poster

The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film1990

A Small Largeness Poster

A Small Largeness Short Film1989

My Sole Family Poster

My Sole Family Short Film1989

Presently, Poster

Presently, Short Film1989

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Poster

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film1988

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Poster

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film1988

Cinematographer

24

Type

Year

True Mothers Poster

True Mothers Feature Film2020

Hanezu Feature Film2011

Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta Documentary2009

Birth/Mother Poster

Birth/Mother Documentary2006

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Documentary2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Documentary2001

Kaleidoscope Poster

Kaleidoscope Documentary1999

The Weald Poster

The Weald Documentary1997

Sun on the Horizon Poster

Sun on the Horizon Documentary1996

This World Feature Film1996

Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 Short Film1995

See Heaven Poster

See Heaven Short Film1995

Katatsumori Poster

Katatsumori Documentary1994

White Moon Poster

White Moon Feature Film1993

Embracing Poster

Embracing Documentary1992

Like Happiness Poster

Like Happiness Short Film1991

The Girls' Daily Bread Poster

The Girls' Daily Bread Short Film1990

A Small Largeness Poster

A Small Largeness Short Film1989

My Sole Family Poster

My Sole Family Short Film1989

Presently, Poster

Presently, Short Film1989

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Poster

I Focus on That Which Interests Me Short Film1988

My J-W-F Poster

My J-W-F Short Film1988

Papa's Ice Cream Poster

Papa's Ice Cream Short Film1988

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Poster

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Short Film1988

Composer

1

Firefly Feature Film2000

Thanks

1

Chandra Short Film2015

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