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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.

Beyond the Fog

Beyond the Fog

2023

Producer

echo

echo

2023

Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

2022

Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

2022

Director

To The Future

To The Future

2021

Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Tracing Her Shadow

Tracing Her Shadow

2021

Executive Producer

True Mothers

True Mothers

2020

Director, Screenplay

Homemade

Homemade

2020

Director

The Nikaidos' Fall

The Nikaidos' Fall

2019

Executive Producer

The Moon

The Moon

2018

Director, Writer

Vision

Vision

2018

Director, Writer, Producer

Cinema Fighters

Cinema Fighters

2018

Director, Writer

Parallel World

Parallel World

2018

Director

Where Does the Sand Go?

Where Does the Sand Go?

2017

Director, Writer

Radiance

Radiance

2017

Director, Screenplay

Amami

Amami

2016

Director

Lies

Lies

2016

Director

Seed

Seed

2016

Director, Writer

A Midsummer's Fantasia

A Midsummer's Fantasia

2015

Producer

Sweet Bean

Sweet Bean

2015

Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer

Still the Water

Still the Water

2014

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

2012

Director

Trace

Trace

2012

Director

Inori

Inori

2012

Producer

Hanezu

Hanezu

2012

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011

Director

3.11 A Sense of Home

3.11 A Sense of Home

2011

Director

Genpin

Genpin

2010

Director, Writer, Producer

Visitors

Visitors

2009

Director, Writer

Koma

Koma

2009

Director

Haiku

Haiku

2009

Director

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

2009

Director, Editor, Cinematography

Nanayo

Nanayo

2008

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor

The Mourning Forest

The Mourning Forest

2007

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Birth/Mother

Birth/Mother

2006

Director, Director of Photography

Shara

Shara

2003

Director, Writer

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

2002

Director

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

2001

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Firefly

Firefly

2001

Director, Writer, Music, Editor

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

1999

Director

The Weald

The Weald

1998

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

Suzaku

Suzaku

1997

Director, Writer

Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon

1996

Director, Writer

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

1996

Director

Memory of the Wind

Memory of the Wind

1995

Director

See Heaven

See Heaven

1995

Director

Katatsumori

Katatsumori

1994

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

White Moon

White Moon

1993

Director

Embracing

Embracing

1992

Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Producer

Like Happiness

Like Happiness

1991

Director

The Girls' Daily Bread

The Girls' Daily Bread

1990

Director

My Sole Family

My Sole Family

1989

Director

A Small Largeness

A Small Largeness

1989

Director

Presently,

Presently,

1989

Director

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

1988

Director

Papa's Ice Cream

Papa's Ice Cream

1988

Director

My J-W-F

My J-W-F

1988

Director

I Focus on That Which Interests Me

I Focus on That Which Interests Me

1988

Director

Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

Director

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