Naomi Kawase
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 International Film Festival.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Beyond the Fog (2023)
Producer
Tracing Her Shadow (2021)
Executive Producer
True Mothers (2020)
Director | Screenplay
The Nikaidos' Fall (2019)
Executive Producer
The Moon (2018)
Director | Writer
Vision (2018)
Director | Writer | Producer
Parallel World (2018)
Director
CINEMA FIGHTERS (2018)
Director | Writer
Where Does the Sand Go? (2017)
Director | Writer
Radiance (2017)
Director | Screenplay
Lies (2016)
Director
Seed (2016)
Director | Writer
Sweet Bean (2015)
Screenplay | Director | Associate Producer
A Midsummer's Fantasia (2014)
Producer
Still the Water (2014)
Director | Screenplay | Producer | Editor
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi (2012)
Director
Hanezu (2012)
Director | Screenplay | Director of Photography | Editor | Producer
3.11 A Sense of Home (2011)
Director
Visitors (2009)
Director | Writer
Koma (2009)
Director
Haiku (2009)
Director
Nanayo (2008)
Director | Screenplay | Producer | Editor
The Mourning Forest (2007)
Director | Screenplay | Producer
Shara (2003)
Director | Writer
Firefly (2001)
Director | Writer | Music | Editor
Suzaku (1997)
Director | Writer
White Moon (1993)
Director
Like Happiness (1991)
Director
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Director
My Sole Family (1989)
Director
A Small Largeness (1989)
Director
Presently, (1989)
Director
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
Director
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
Director
My J-W-F (1988)
Director
I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Director