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Naomi Kawase

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.

Born

May 30, 1969

Nara, Japan

Known For

Directing

Movies

23 acting

121 crew

Popularity

1.1

Love & Pop
Love & Pop
1998 as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
★ 7.7
It Stopped Raining
It Stopped Raining
2020 as Koyomi's Mother
★ 7.7
Shara
Shara
2003 as Reiko
★ 6.4
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
1999 as Self
★ 5.0
The Tale of Iya
The Tale of Iya
2013 as Dr. Amamiya
★ 6.9
See Heaven
See Heaven
1995 as Self
★ 5.0
Embracing
Embracing
1992 as Self
★ 6.2
Katatsumori
Katatsumori
1994 as Self
★ 7.4
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
★ 5.7
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
★ 6.0
Birth/Mother
Birth/Mother
2006 as Self
★ 6.3
movie
Memory of the Wind
1995 as Herself
★ 3.0
movie
Trace
2012 as Self
★ 6.5
Amami
Amami
2016 as Self
★ 6.5
Women Make Films
Women Make Films
2004 as Self
Rien ne s'efface
Rien ne s'efface
2008 as elle-même
★ 8.0