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.
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A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into th...
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In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short ...
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As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched region...
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On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko t...
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The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from...
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After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husba...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True Mothers (2020) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 2 | Vision (2018) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 3 | Sweet Bean (2015) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 4 | Still the Water (2014) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 5 | The Tale of Iya (2013) | Dr. Amamiya | 5 | |
| 6 | Hanezu (2012) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 7 | 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 8 | The Mourning Forest (2007) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 9 | Shara (2003) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 10 | Suzaku (1997) | Director / Writer | - | - |
