Naomi Kawase
Known for: Directing
Born: May 29, 1969 in Nara, Japan
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.
Known for
Showing 24 of 73 titles
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Shara
Reiko
Destroy Vicious
Shining Besides Funny Moon
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
Embracing
Self
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self
Trace
Self
See Heaven
Self
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
Birth/Mother
Self
Memory of the Wind
Herself
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
Sun on the Horizon
Katatsumori
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Amami
Self
Emergency Exit
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Kaleidoscope
Self
Echoes of Motherhood
Women Make Films
Self
Rien ne s'efface
elle-même