Naomi Kawase

Director

Born: May 30, 1969 (age 57)
From: 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…

Filmography (65)

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard (2026)
Emergency Exit (2025)
Yakushima's Illusion (2025)
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Echoes of Motherhood (2025)
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
To The Future (2021)
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True Mothers (2020)
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It Stopped Raining (2020)
Koyomi's Mother
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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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
Self
Still the Water (2014)
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The Tale of Iya (2013)
Dr. Amamiya
Shining Besides Funny Moon (2013)
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi (2012)
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Trace
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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Destroy Vicious (2011)