Naomi Kawase
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998
Shara
as Reiko
2003
Destroy Vicious
2011
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
as Self
2001
Embracing
as Self
1992
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Self
2002
Trace
as Self
2012
See Heaven
as Self
1995
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
2013
Birth/Mother
as Self
2006
Memory of the Wind
as Herself
1995
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
2020
Sun on the Horizon
1996
Katatsumori
as Self
1994
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
Amami
as Self
2016
Emergency Exit
2025
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Kaleidoscope
as Self
1999
