Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Born 1969-05-30 (age 57) Nara, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Love & Pop
Love & Pop

1998

as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Emergency Exit
The Tale of Iya
The Tale of Iya

2013

as Dr. Amamiya

Shara
Shara

2003

as Reiko

It Stopped Raining
It Stopped Raining

2020

as Koyomi's Mother

Destroy Vicious
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

1999

as Self

Birth/Mother
Birth/Mother

2006

as Self

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Memory of the Wind

1995

as Herself

Women Make Films
Women Make Films

2004

as Self

Katatsumori
Katatsumori

1994

as Self

Sun on the Horizon
Amami
Amami

2016

as Self

Embracing
Embracing

1992

as Self

See Heaven
See Heaven

1995

as Self

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Trace

2012

as Self