Naomi Kawase
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 30, 1969
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film TBA
Director
Echoes of Motherhood 2026
Actor
Transit in Flamingo 2026
Executive Producer
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard 2026
as Tanaka
Emergency Exit 2025
Actor
Yakushima's Illusion 2025
Director, Writer
Beyond the Fog 2023
Producer
echo 2023
Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B 2022
Director
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 2021
Executive Producer
True Mothers 2020
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
It Stopped Raining 2020
as Koyomi's Mother
The Nikaidos' Fall 2019
Executive Producer
The Moon 2018
Director, Writer
Vision 2018
Director, Writer, Producer
Parallel World 2018
Director
Cinema Fighters 2018
Director, Writer
Where Does the Sand Go? 2017
Director, Writer
Radiance 2017
Director, Screenplay
Amami 2016
as Self, Director
Lies 2016
Director
Seed 2016
Director, Writer
A Midsummer's Fantasia 2015
Producer
Sweet Bean 2015
Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer
Amami 2015
as Narrator (voice), Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women 2014
as Self
Still the Water 2014
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
The Tale of Iya 2013
as Dr. Amamiya
Shining Besides Funny Moon 2013
Actor
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi 2012
Director
- Trace
Trace 2012
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- Inori
Inori 2012
Producer
Hanezu 2012
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011
Director
3.11 A Sense of Home Films 2011
Director
Destroy Vicious 2011
Actor
Genpin 2010
Director, Writer, Producer
Koma 2009
Director
Haiku 2009
Director
- Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase 2009
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Nanayo 2008
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Rien ne s'efface 2008
as elle-même
The Mourning Forest 2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Birth/Mother 2006
as Self, Director, Director of Photography
Women Make Films 2004
as Self
Shara 2003
as Reiko, Director, Writer
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom 2002
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth 2001
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Firefly 2001
Director, Writer, Music, Editor
Kaleidoscope 1999
as Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
The Weald 1998
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Love & Pop 1998
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Suzaku 1997
Director, Writer
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) 1996
Director
Sun on the Horizon 1996
as Self, Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- Memory of the Wind
Memory of the Wind 1995
as Herself, Director
- Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26 1995
Director
See Heaven 1995
as Self, Director
Katatsumori 1994
as Self, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
White Moon 1993
Director
Embracing 1992
as Self, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Producer, Writer
Like Happiness 1991
Director
The Girls' Daily Bread 1990
Director
My Sole Family 1989
Director
A Small Largeness 1989
Director
Presently, 1989
Director
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me 1988
Director
Papa's Ice Cream 1988
Director
My J-W-F 1988
Director
I Focus on That Which Interests Me 1988
Director
Credits from TMDB.