Naomi Kawase
Directing
25
Acting Credits
55
Directed
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 raised her. Aside from being a filmmaker, she is the founder and Executive Director for the Nara International Film Festival.
Known For
Filmography
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
as Tanaka
Echoes of Motherhood
2026
Emergency Exit
2025
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021
It Stopped Raining
2020
as Koyomi's Mother
Amami
2016
as Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
The Tale of Iya
2013
as Dr. Amamiya
Trace
2012
as Self
Destroy Vicious
2011
Rien ne s'efface
2008
as elle-même
Birth/Mother
2006
as Self
Women Make Films
2004
as Self
Shara
2003
as Reiko
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
as Self
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
as Self
Kaleidoscope
1999
as Self
Love & Pop
1998
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
1998
as Self
Sun on the Horizon
1996
as Self
See Heaven
1995
as Self
Memory of the Wind
1995
as Herself
Katatsumori
1994
as Self
Embracing
1992
as Self