Naomi Kawase
May 30, 1969 (56 years old) in Nara, Japan
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
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Kaleidoscope
Self

The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya

It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother

Shara
Reiko

Missing Pictures
Self
Credits
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Emergency Exit Future★ NR
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★ NR
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Missing Pictures 2021Self★ NR
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It Stopped Raining 2020Koyomi's Mother★ 7.5
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Amami 2016Self★ 6.5
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Self★ 6.5
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The Tale of Iya 2013Dr. Amamiya★ 6.9
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★ NR
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Trace 2012Self★ 6.5
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Destroy Vicious 2011★ NR
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Birth/Mother 2006Self★ 6.3
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Shara 2003Reiko★ 6.4
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Self★ 5.7
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Self★ 6
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Kaleidoscope 1999Self★ 5
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Self★ NR
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Love & Pop 1998Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)★ 7.7
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Sun on the Horizon 1996★ 7
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Memory of the Wind 1995Herself★ 3
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See Heaven 1995Self★ 5
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Katatsumori 1994Self★ 7.3
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Embracing 1992Self★ 6.2