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Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Directing · 0.8 popularity

Age

57

Movies

23

TV

2

Born
May 30, 1969
From
Nara, Japan
Website
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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.

Works

23 films

Love & Pop

Love & Pop

19987.7

Emergency Exit

Emergency Exit

20254.0

It Stopped Raining

It Stopped Raining

20207.5

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

20146.5

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

2026

Echoes of Motherhood

Echoes of Motherhood

2025

Women Make Films

Women Make Films

2004

Shara

Shara

20036.3

Rien ne s'efface

Rien ne s'efface

20088.0

The Tale of Iya

The Tale of Iya

20136.9

Shining Besides Funny Moon

Shining Besides Funny Moon

2013

Memory of the Wind

Memory of the Wind

19953.0

Katatsumori

Katatsumori

19947.6

Birth/Mother

Birth/Mother

20066.3

Embracing

Embracing

19926.3

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

19995.0

See Heaven

See Heaven

19955.0

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon

19967.0

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

20016.4

Destroy Vicious

Destroy Vicious

2011

Trace

Trace

20126.5

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

20026.3

Amami

Amami

20166.5