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Naomi Kawase

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birth DateMay 30, 1969 (57 years old)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthNara, Japan
Career Span1988 – Present (39 yrs)
Known Credits68 Titles
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DirectingPopularity Score 1.3

Naomi Kawase

Also known as:河瀨直美仙頭直美Sentō Naomi가와세 나오미+4 more
Total Works

68

64 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Sweet Bean
7.5
Sweet Bean
2015•movie
Role: Screenplay
Radiance
6.5
Radiance
2017•movie
Role: Screenplay
Still the Water
6.7
Still the Water
2014•movie
Role: Director
Love & Pop
7.7
Love & Pop
1998•movie
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Photos & Headshots5

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 68 titles featuring Naomi Kawase

Sweet Bean
7.5
Sweet Bean
2015•movie

Role: Screenplay

Radiance
6.5
Radiance
2017•movie

Role: Screenplay

Still the Water
6.7
Still the Water
2014•movie

Role: Director

Love & Pop
7.7
Love & Pop
1998•movie

as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

True Mothers
7.4
True Mothers
2020•movie

Role: Director

The Mourning Forest
6.8

Role: Screenplay

Shara
6.4
Shara
2003•movie

as Reiko

Suzaku
7.3
Suzaku
1997•movie

Role: Writer

Vision
4.9
Vision
2018•movie

Role: Director

Homemade
5.5
Homemade
2020•series

Role: Director

The Tale of Iya
6.9
The Tale of Iya
2013•movie

as Dr. Amamiya

Hanezu
6.0
Hanezu
2012•movie

Role: Director

Nanayo
7.0
Nanayo
2008•movie

Role: Director

Katatsumori
7.7
Katatsumori
1994•movie

as Self

A Midsummer's Fantasia
7.4

Role: Producer

It Stopped Raining
7.5
It Stopped Raining
2020•movie

as Koyomi's Mother

Embracing
6.5
Embracing
1992•movie

as Self

Birth/Mother
6.6
Birth/Mother
2006•movie

as Self

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
4.2

Role: Director

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
6.4

as Self

See Heaven
5.4
See Heaven
1995•movie

as Self

Tracing Her Shadow
6.6
Tracing Her Shadow
2021•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Yakushima's Illusion
7.6

Role: Director

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
6.2

as Self

6.5
Trace
2012•movie

as Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6.5

as Self

Kaleidoscope
5.0
Kaleidoscope
1999•movie

as Self

Genpin
5.0
Genpin
2010•movie

Role: Director

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
6.5

as Tanaka

The Nikaidos' Fall
4.7
The Nikaidos' Fall
2019•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Weald
5.7
The Weald
1998•movie

Role: Director

echo
2.5
echo
2023•movie

Role: Director

Koma
6.0
Koma
2009•movie

Role: Director

Haiku
3.5
Haiku
2009•movie

Role: Director

Seed
3.0
Seed
2016•movie

Role: Director

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
6.5

Role: Director

Sun on the Horizon
7.0
Sun on the Horizon
1996•movie

as Self

Amami
6.5
Amami
2016•movie

as Self

Emergency Exit
4.0
Emergency Exit
2025•movie
Rien ne s'efface
8.0
Rien ne s'efface
2008•movie

as elle-même

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
6.0

Role: Director

Firefly
7.0
Firefly
2001•movie

Role: Director

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
6.0

Role: Director

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
1.0

Role: Director

Lies
10.0
Lies
2016•movie

Role: Director

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
8.0

Role: Director

Beyond the Fog
8.0
Beyond the Fog
2023•movie

Role: Producer

Destroy Vicious
Destroy Vicious
2011•movie
Shining Besides Funny Moon
Echoes of Motherhood
Women Make Films
Women Make Films
2004•movie

as Self

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
1 eps
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
1 eps

as Self

Cinema Fighters
Cinema Fighters
2018•movie

Role: Director

The Moon
The Moon
2018•movie

Role: Director

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

Role: Director

I Focus on That Which Interests Me

Role: Director

My Sole Family
My Sole Family
1989•movie

Role: Director

Like Happiness
Like Happiness
1991•movie

Role: Director

The Girls' Daily Bread

Role: Director

Papa's Ice Cream
Papa's Ice Cream
1988•movie

Role: Director

My J-W-F
My J-W-F
1988•movie

Role: Director

Presently,
Presently,
1989•movie

Role: Director

A Small Largeness
A Small Largeness
1989•movie

Role: Director

Where Does the Sand Go?

Role: Writer

White Moon
White Moon
1993•movie

Role: Director

Parallel World
Parallel World
2018•movie

Role: Director

Transit in Flamingo

Role: Executive Producer