Directing
Naomi Kawase
1969 · Nara, Japan
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Still the Water
Director
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Yakushima's Illusion
Director
Sweet Bean
Screenplay
Radiance
Director
True Mothers
Director
Vision
Director
Firefly
Director
The Mourning Forest
Director
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Tanaka
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director