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.
23 movies · 2 shows
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026·0.0
Emergency Exit
2025·4.0
Echoes of Motherhood
2025·0.0
It Stopped Raining
2020·7.7
Amami
2016·6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014·6.5
The Tale of Iya
2013·6.9
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013·0.0
Trace
2012·6.5
Destroy Vicious
2011·0.0
Rien ne s'efface
2008·8.0
Birth/Mother
2006·6.3
Women Make Films
2004·0.0
Shara
2003·6.3
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002·6.3
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001·6.4
Kaleidoscope
1999·5.0
Love & Pop
1998·7.7
Sun on the Horizon
1996·7.0
Memory of the Wind
1995·3.0
See Heaven
1995·5.0
Katatsumori
1994·7.6
Embracing
1992·6.3