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.
Known for
Directing55
movieYakushima's Illusion
2025
Director
movieecho
2023
Director
movieTrue Mothers
2020
Director
tvHomemade
2020
Director
movieThe Moon
2018
Director
movieVision
2018
Director
movieCinema Fighters
2018
Director
movieParallel World
2018
Director
movieWhere Does the Sand Go?
2017
Director
movieRadiance
2017
Director
movieAmami
2016
Director
movieLies
2016
Director
movieSeed
2016
Director
movieSweet Bean
2015
Director
movieStill the Water
2014
Director
Trace
2012
Director
movieHanezu
2012
Director
movieGenpin
2010
Director
movieKoma
2009
Director
movieHaiku
2009
Director
movieNanayo
2008
Director
movieThe Mourning Forest
2007
Director
movieBirth/Mother
2006
Director
movieShara
2003
Director
movieFirefly
2001
Director
movieKaleidoscope
1999
Director
movieThe Weald
1998
Director
movieSuzaku
1997
Director
movieSun on the Horizon
1996
Director
movieSee Heaven
1995
Director
movieKatatsumori
1994
Director
movieWhite Moon
1993
Director
movieEmbracing
1992
Director
movieLike Happiness
1991
Director
movieThe Girls' Daily Bread
1990
Director
movieMy Sole Family
1989
Director
movieA Small Largeness
1989
Director
moviePresently,
1989
Director
moviePapa's Ice Cream
1988
Director
movieMy J-W-F
1988
Director
Acting25
movieIt Stopped Raining
2020
Koyomi's Mother
movieAmami
2016
Self
movieThe Tale of Iya
2013
Dr. Amamiya
movieRien ne s'efface
2008
elle-même
movieShara
2003
Reiko
movieLove & Pop
1998
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Writing25
movieTrue Mothers
2020
Screenplay
movieThe Moon
2018
Writer
movieVision
2018
Writer
movieCinema Fighters
2018
Writer
movieRadiance
2017
Screenplay
movieSeed
2016
Writer
movieSweet Bean
2015
Screenplay
movieStill the Water
2014
Screenplay
Trace
2012
Writer
movieHanezu
2012
Screenplay
movieGenpin
2010
Writer
movieNanayo
2008
Screenplay
movieThe Mourning Forest
2007
Screenplay
movieShara
2003
Writer
movieFirefly
2001
Writer
movieKaleidoscope
1999
Writer
movieThe Weald
1998
Writer
movieSuzaku
1997
Writer
movieKatatsumori
1994
Writer
movieEmbracing
1992
Writer
Production16
movieTransit in Flamingo
2026
Executive Producer
movieBeyond the Fog
2023
Producer
movieTracing Her Shadow
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe Nikaidos' Fall
2019
Executive Producer
movieVision
2018
Producer
movieA Midsummer's Fantasia
2015
Producer
movieSweet Bean
2015
Associate Producer
movieStill the Water
2014
Producer
Inori
2012
Producer
movieHanezu
2012
Producer
movieGenpin
2010
Producer
movieNanayo
2008
Producer
movieThe Mourning Forest
2007
Producer
movieThe Weald
1998
Producer
movieKatatsumori
1994
Producer
movieEmbracing
1992
Producer
Editing13
movieStill the Water
2014
Editor
Trace
2012
Editor
movieHanezu
2012
Editor
movieNanayo
2008
Editor
movieFirefly
2001
Editor
movieKaleidoscope
1999
Editor
movieThe Weald
1998
Editor
movieKatatsumori
1994
Editor
movieEmbracing
1992
Editor
Camera12
To The Future
2021
Director of Photography
movieTrue Mothers
2020
Director of Photography
Trace
2012
Director of Photography
movieHanezu
2012
Director of Photography
movieBirth/Mother
2006
Director of Photography
movieLetter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
Director of Photography
movieSky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
Director of Photography
movieKaleidoscope
1999
Director of Photography
movieThe Weald
1998
Director of Photography
movieSun on the Horizon
1996
Camera Operator
movieKatatsumori
1994
Director of Photography
movieEmbracing
1992
Director of Photography
Sound2
movieFirefly
2001
Music
movieEmbracing
1992
Sound Recordist