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Naomi Kawase

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Naomi Kawase

河瀨直美 · 仙頭直美 · 가와세 나오미 · 센토 나오미

Born 30 May 1969 in Nara, Japan57 years104 credits

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.

Directing (26)

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B2022 · Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A2022 · Director

True Mothers

True Mothers2020 · Director

Cinema Fighters

Cinema Fighters2018 · director

Vision2018 · Director

Radiance

Radiance2017 · Director

Sweet Bean

Sweet Bean2015 · Director

Still the Water

Still the Water2014 · Director

Chiri2012 · Director

Hanezu2011 · Director

Genpin2010 · Director

Visitors2009 · director

Nanayo2008 · Director

The Mourning Forest

The Mourning Forest2007 · Director

Shara2003 · Director

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom2002 · Director

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Director

Firefly2000 · Director

Kaleidoscope1999 · Director

The Weald1997 · Director

Suzaku1997 · Director

This World1996 · Director

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon1996 · Director

White Moon1993 · Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side ADirector

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side BDirector

Acting (18)

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard2025 · Actress

Variations Kawase

Variations Kawase2019 · Actress

Shizukana ame2019 · Koyomi's mother

Endless Cinema2019 · Self - Interviewee

Empire of Mirrors

Empire of Mirrors2018 · Self

Listen to the Azuki's Voice

Listen to the Azuki's Voice2016 · Interviewee

Saezaete nao kokkeina tsuki

Saezaete nao kokkeina tsuki2012 · Actress

Chiri2012 · Self

Destroy Vicious

Destroy Vicious2011 · Actress

Kawase-san2010 · Self

Shara2003 · Reiko

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom2002 · Self

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Self

Kaleidoscope1999 · Self

Love & Pop1998 · Hiromi's narration

This World1996 · Self

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon1996 · Self

冴え冴えてなほ滑稽な月

冴え冴えてなほ滑稽な月

Crew (38)

True Mothers

True Mothers2020 · Director of Photography

Vision2018 · producer

The Wolves of the East

The Wolves of the East2016 · producer

Sweet Bean

Sweet Bean2015 · Associate Producer

A Midsummer's Fantasia

A Midsummer's Fantasia2014 · producer

Still the Water

Still the Water2014 · Editor

Still the Water

Still the Water2014 · Producer

Inori2012 · producer

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011 · producer

Hanezu2011 · Editor

Hanezu2011 · Director of Photography

Hanezu2011 · producer

Genpin2010 · producer

Bion2010 · producer

Last Chestnuts2010 · producer

Nanayo2008 · Editor

Nanayo2008 · producer

The Mourning Forest

The Mourning Forest2007 · producer

Shara2003 · Editor

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom2002 · Director of Photography

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom2002 · Editor

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Director of Photography

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth2001 · Editor

Firefly2000 · Editor

Firefly2000 · Original Music Composer

Kaleidoscope1999 · Editor

Kaleidoscope1999 · Director of Photography

The Weald1997 · producer

The Weald1997 · Director of Photography

The Weald1997 · Editor

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon1996 · Editor

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon1996 · Director of Photography

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon1996 · producer

This World1996 · Director of Photography

This World1996 · producer

White Moon1993 · producer

White Moon1993 · Editor

White Moon1993 · Director of Photography

Writing (22)