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Naomi Kawase
Directing
30 May 1969 (56 years)
Nara, Japan
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.
Also Known As
河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi, 가와세 나오미, 센토 나오미
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Naomi Kawase's Movies
77%
Love & Pop
10 Jan 1998
64%
Shara
12 Jul 2003
69%
The Tale of Iya
22 Oct 2013
73%
Katatsumori
22 May 1994
77%
It Stopped Raining
07 Feb 2020
62%
Embracing
01 Jan 1992
63%
Birth/Mother
10 Aug 2006
60%
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
09 Aug 2001
65%
Trace
30 Oct 2012
50%
See Heaven
06 Jun 1995
65%
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
10 Aug 2014
50%
Kaleidoscope
01 Jan 1999
57%
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
06 Apr 2002
30%
Memory of the Wind
31 Dec 1995
70%
Sun on the Horizon
01 Jan 1996
65%
Amami
13 Jul 2016
0%
Destroy Vicious
05 Mar 2011
0%
Shining Besides Funny Moon
07 Sept 2013
0%
Emergency Exit
19 Dec 2025
0%
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
07 Jun 2025
