Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Date of Birth:

May 30, 1969

Place of Birth:

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:

Memory of the Wind Memory of the Wind

1995

Birth/Mother Birth/Mother

2006

Missing Pictures Missing Pictures

2021

It Stopped Raining It Stopped Raining

2020

Sun on the Horizon Sun on the Horizon

1996

Amami Amami

1970

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014

Katatsumori Katatsumori

1994

The Tale of Iya The Tale of Iya

2013

See Heaven See Heaven

1995

Shining Besides Funny Moon Shining Besides Funny Moon

2013

Destroy Vicious Destroy Vicious

2011

Shara Shara

2003

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

2001

Embracing Embracing

1992

Trace Trace

2012

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

2002

Love & Pop Love & Pop

1998

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