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Naomi Kawase

Born

May 30, 1969 (56 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Nara, Japan

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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

Love & Pop
7.8

Love & Pop

Shara
6.4

Shara

The Tale of Iya
6.9

The Tale of Iya

Katatsumori
7.3

Katatsumori

Embracing
6.2

Embracing

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

0.0

2025

Missing Pictures

Missing Pictures

Self

0.0

2021

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

(1 episode)

0.0

2021

It Stopped Raining

It Stopped Raining

Koyomi's Mother

7.5

2020

Amami

Amami

Self

6.5

2016

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Self

6.5

2014

The Tale of Iya

The Tale of Iya

Dr. Amamiya

6.9

2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon

Shining Besides Funny Moon

0.0

2013

Trace

Self

6.5

2012

Destroy Vicious

Destroy Vicious

0.0

2011

Birth/Mother

Self

6.3

2006

Shara

Shara

Reiko

6.4

2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Self

5.7

2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Self

6.0

2001

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Self

5.0

1999

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1998

Love & Pop

Love & Pop

Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

7.8

1998

Sun on the Horizon

7.0

1996

Memory of the Wind

Herself

3.0

1995

See Heaven

See Heaven

Self

5.0

1995

Katatsumori

Katatsumori

Self

7.3

1994

Embracing

Embracing

Self

6.2

1992

Emergency Exit

0.0

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