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Naomi Kawase

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.

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Directing

1988

[ ] Papa's Ice Cream (Director)
[ ] My J-W-F (Director)
[ ] The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (Director)
[ ] I Focus on That Which Interests Me (Director)

1989

[ ] Presently, (Director)
[ ] My Sole Family (Director)
[ ] A Small Largeness (Director)

1990

[ ] The Girls' Daily Bread (Director)

1991

[ ] Like Happiness (Director)

1992

[ ] Embracing (Director)

1993

[ ] White Moon (Director)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Director)

1995

[ ] See Heaven (Director)
[ ] Memory of the Wind (Director)

1996

[ ] Sun on the Horizon (Director)
[ ] This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) (Director)

1997

[ ] Suzaku (Director)

1998

[ ] The Weald (Director)

1999

[ ] Kaleidoscope (Director)

2001

[ ] Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Director)
[ ] Firefly (Director)

2002

[ ] Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (Director)

2003

[ ] Shara (Director)

2006

[ ] Birth/Mother (Director)

2007

[ ] The Mourning Forest (Director)

2008

[ ] Nanayo (Director)

2009

[ ] Visitors (Director)
[ ] Koma (Director)
[ ] Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (Director)
[ ] Haiku (Director)

2010

[ ] Genpin (Director)

2011

[ ] 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (Director)
[ ] 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (Director)

2012

[ ] Hanezu (Director)
[ ] Trace (Director)
[ ] Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi (Director)

2014

[ ] Still the Water (Director)

2015

[ ] Sweet Bean (Director)

2016

[ ] Seed (Director)
[ ] Lies (Director)
[ ] Amami (Director)

2017

[ ] Where Does the Sand Go? (Director)
[ ] Radiance (Director)

2018

[ ] Cinema Fighters (Director)
[ ] The Moon (Director)
[ ] Vision (Director)
[ ] Parallel World (Director)

2020

[ ] True Mothers (Director)

2021

[ ] To The Future (Director)

2022

[ ] Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B (Director)
[ ] Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A (Director)

2023

[ ] echo (Director)

2025

[ ] Yakushima's Illusion (Director)

????

[ ] Untitled Naomi Kawase Film (Director)

Writing

1992

[ ] Embracing (Writer)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Writer)

1996

[ ] Sun on the Horizon (Writer)

1997

[ ] Suzaku (Writer)

1998

[ ] The Weald (Writer)

1999

[ ] Kaleidoscope (Writer)

2001

[ ] Firefly (Writer)
[ ] Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Writer)

2002

[ ] Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (Writer)

2003

[ ] Shara (Writer)

2007

[ ] The Mourning Forest (Screenplay)

2008

[ ] Nanayo (Screenplay)

2009

[ ] Visitors (Writer)

2010

[ ] Genpin (Writer)

2012

[ ] Hanezu (Screenplay)
[ ] Trace (Writer)

2014

[ ] Still the Water (Screenplay)

2015

[ ] Sweet Bean (Screenplay)

2016

[ ] Seed (Writer)

2017

[ ] Where Does the Sand Go? (Writer)
[ ] Radiance (Screenplay)

2018

[ ] The Moon (Writer)
[ ] Cinema Fighters (Writer)
[ ] Vision (Writer)

2020

[ ] True Mothers (Screenplay)

2025

[ ] Yakushima's Illusion (Writer)

Production

1992

[ ] Embracing (Producer)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Producer)

1998

[ ] The Weald (Producer)

2007

[ ] The Mourning Forest (Producer)

2008

[ ] Nanayo (Producer)

2010

[ ] Genpin (Producer)

2012

[ ] Inori (Producer)
[ ] Hanezu (Producer)

2014

[ ] Still the Water (Producer)

2015

[ ] A Midsummer's Fantasia (Producer)
[ ] Sweet Bean (Associate Producer)

2018

[ ] Vision (Producer)

2019

[ ] The Nikaidos' Fall (Executive Producer)

2021

[ ] Tracing Her Shadow (Executive Producer)

2023

[ ] Beyond the Fog (Producer)

Editing

1992

[ ] Embracing (Editor)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Editor)

1998

[ ] The Weald (Editor)

1999

[ ] Kaleidoscope (Editor)

2001

[ ] Firefly (Editor)
[ ] Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Editor)

2002

[ ] Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (Editor)

2008

[ ] Nanayo (Editor)

2009

[ ] Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (Editor)

2012

[ ] Hanezu (Editor)
[ ] Trace (Editor)

2014

[ ] Still the Water (Editor)

2021

[ ] To The Future (Editor)

Camera

1992

[ ] Embracing (Director of Photography)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Director of Photography)

1998

[ ] The Weald (Director of Photography)

1999

[ ] Kaleidoscope (Director of Photography)

2001

[ ] Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Director of Photography)

2002

[ ] Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (Director of Photography)

2006

[ ] Birth/Mother (Director of Photography)

2012

[ ] Hanezu (Director of Photography)
[ ] Trace (Director of Photography)

2021

[ ] To The Future (Director of Photography)

Crew

2009

[ ] Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (Cinematography)

Sound

1992

[ ] Embracing (Sound Recordist)

2001

[ ] Firefly (Music)

Actor

1992

[ ] Embracing (Self)

1994

[ ] Katatsumori (Self)

1995

[ ] See Heaven (Self)
[ ] Memory of the Wind (Herself)

1996

[ ] Sun on the Horizon (????)

1998

[ ] Love & Pop (Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice))

1999

[ ] Kaleidoscope (Self)

2001

[ ] Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (Self)

2002

[ ] Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (Self)

2003

[ ] Shara (Reiko)

2004

[ ] Women Make Films (Self)

2006

[ ] Birth/Mother (Self)

2011

[ ] Destroy Vicious (????)

2012

[ ] Trace (Self)

2013

[ ] Shining Besides Funny Moon (????)
[ ] The Tale of Iya (Dr. Amamiya)

2014

[ ] Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (Self)

2016

[ ] Amami (Self)

2020

[ ] It Stopped Raining (Koyomi's Mother)

2021

[ ] Missing Pictures (Self)

2025

[ ] Emergency Exit (????)
[ ] The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard (????)
[ ] Echoes of Motherhood (????)