Naomi Kawase
Directing
Born May 30, 1969
From Nara, Japan
Also known as 河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi
Biography
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 rais...
Filmography
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Emergency Exit
20254.0
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
20207.7
Amami
Self
20166.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
20146.5
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
20136.9
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
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Trace
Self
20126.5
Destroy Vicious
2011
Rien ne s'efface
elle-même
20088.0
Birth/Mother
Self
20066.3
Women Make Films
Self
2004
Shara
Reiko
20036.5
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self
20026.3
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
20016.4
Kaleidoscope
Self
19995.0
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
19987.7
Sun on the Horizon
Self
19967.0
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Memory of the Wind
Herself
19953.0
See Heaven
Self
19955.0
Katatsumori
Self
19947.6
Embracing
Self
19926.3