About

Known credits:
128
Birthday:
1969-05-30
Place of birth:
Nara, Japan
Website:
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Naomi Kawase

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Missing Pictures Actor Herself N/A
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2021 What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now Actor N/A
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2020 It Stopped Raining Actor Koyomi's Mother 59
Average
2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Actor Self 58
Average
2013 The Tale of Iya Actor Dr. Amamiya 59
Average
2013 Shining Besides Funny Moon Actor N/A
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2012 Trace Actor Herself 59
Average
2011 Destroy Vicious Actor N/A
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2006 Birth/Mother Actor Self 59
Average
2003 Shara Actor Reiko 59
Average
2002 Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Actor Herself 59
Average
2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Actor Self 58
Average
1998 Love & Pop Actor Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice) 61
Fair
1996 Sun on the Horizon Actor 59
Average
1995 Memory of the Wind Actor Herself N/A
N/A
1995 See Heaven Actor Self 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Actor Self 59
Average
1992 Embracing Actor Self 58
Average
Amami Actor Self N/A
N/A

Directing
2023 echo Directing Director 58
Average
2022 Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B Directing Director 59
Average
2022 Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Directing Director 59
Average
2021 To The Future Directing Director N/A
N/A
2020 True Mothers Directing Director 60
Fair
2018 The Moon Directing Director N/A
N/A
2018 Vision Directing Director 58
Average
2018 Cinema Fighters Directing Director N/A
N/A
2018 Parallel World Directing Director N/A
N/A
2017 Where Does the Sand Go? Directing Director N/A
N/A
2017 Radiance Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Lies Directing Director 59
Average
2016 Seed Directing Director 59
Average
2015 Sweet Bean Directing Director 66
Fair
2014 Still the Water Directing Director 60
Fair
2012 Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi Directing Director N/A
N/A
2012 Trace Directing Director 59
Average
2012 Hanezu Directing Director 59
Average
2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Directing Director 58
Average
2011 3.11 A Sense of Home Directing Director 59
Average
2010 Genpin Directing Director 59
Average
2009 Koma Directing Director N/A
N/A
2009 Visitors Directing Director 58
Average
2009 Haiku Directing Director 59
Average
2009 Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase Directing Director 58
Average
2008 Nanayo Directing Director 59
Average
2007 The Mourning Forest Directing Director 59
Average
2006 Birth/Mother Directing Director 59
Average
2003 Shara Directing Director 59
Average
2002 Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Directing Director 59
Average
2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Directing Director 58
Average
2001 Firefly Directing Director N/A
N/A
1999 Kaleidoscope Directing Director 59
Average
1998 The Weald Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Suzaku Directing Director 59
Average
1996 Sun on the Horizon Directing Director 59
Average
1996 This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) Directing Director N/A
N/A
1995 Memory of the Wind Directing Director N/A
N/A
1995 See Heaven Directing Director 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Directing Director 59
Average
1993 White Moon Directing Director N/A
N/A
1992 Embracing Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Like Happiness Directing Director N/A
N/A
1990 The Girls' Daily Bread Directing Director N/A
N/A
1989 My Sole Family Directing Director N/A
N/A
1989 A Small Largeness Directing Director N/A
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1989 Presently, Directing Director N/A
N/A
1988 The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me Directing Director N/A
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1988 Papa's Ice Cream Directing Director N/A
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1988 My J-W-F Directing Director N/A
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1988 I Focus on That Which Interests Me Directing Director N/A
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Untitled Naomi Kawase Film Directing Director N/A
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Amami Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2020 True Mothers Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2018 The Moon Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2018 Vision Writing Writer 58
Average
2018 Cinema Fighters Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2017 Where Does the Sand Go? Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2017 Radiance Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2016 Seed Writing Writer 59
Average
2015 Sweet Bean Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
2014 Still the Water Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2012 Hanezu Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2010 Genpin Writing Writer 59
Average
2009 Visitors Writing Writer 58
Average
2008 Nanayo Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2007 The Mourning Forest Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2003 Shara Writing Writer 59
Average
2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Writing Writer 58
Average
2001 Firefly Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1998 The Weald Writing Writer 59
Average
1997 Suzaku Writing Writer 59
Average
1996 Sun on the Horizon Writing Writer 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
2023 Beyond the Fog Production Producer N/A
N/A
2021 Tracing Her Shadow Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2019 The Nikaidos' Fall Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2018 Vision Production Producer 58
Average
2015 Sweet Bean Production Associate Producer 66
Fair
2014 A Midsummer's Fantasia Production Producer 59
Average
2014 Still the Water Production Producer 60
Fair
2012 Inori Production Producer 59
Average
2012 Hanezu Production Producer 59
Average
2010 Genpin Production Producer 59
Average
2008 Nanayo Production Producer 59
Average
2007 The Mourning Forest Production Producer 59
Average
1998 The Weald Production Producer 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Production Producer 59
Average
1992 Embracing Production Producer 58
Average

Sound
2001 Firefly Sound Music N/A
N/A
1992 Embracing Sound Sound Recordist 58
Average

Camera
2021 To The Future Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
2012 Hanezu Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2006 Birth/Mother Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1998 The Weald Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1992 Embracing Camera Director of Photography 58
Average

Crew
2009 Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase Crew Cinematography 58
Average

Editing
2021 To The Future Editing Editor N/A
N/A
2014 Still the Water Editing Editor 60
Fair
2012 Hanezu Editing Editor 59
Average
2009 Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase Editing Editor 58
Average
2008 Nanayo Editing Editor 59
Average
2001 Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Editing Editor 58
Average
2001 Firefly Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1998 The Weald Editing Editor 59
Average
1994 Katatsumori Editing Editor 59
Average
1992 Embracing Editing Editor 58
Average