Naomi Kawase
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2025Yakushima's Illusion
Director & Writer
2023echo
Director
2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director
2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director
2020True Mothers
Director & Screenplay
2018Cinema Fighters
Director & Writer
2018The Moon
Director & Writer
2018Vision
Director & Writer
2018Parallel World
Director
2017Where Does the Sand Go?
Director & Writer
2017Radiance
Director & Screenplay
2016Seed
Director & Writer
2016Lies
Director
2016Amami
Director
2015Sweet Bean
Director & Screenplay
2014Still the Water
Director & Screenplay
2012Hanezu
Director & Screenplay
2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director
20113.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2010Genpin
Director & Writer
2009Koma
Director
2009Haiku
Director
2008Nanayo
Director & Screenplay