Naomi Kawase

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

22

Gender

Female

Birthday

1969-05-30 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Nara, Japan

Also Known As

  • 河瀨直美
  • 仙頭直美
  • Sentō Naomi
  • 가와세 나오미
  • 센토 나오미
  • Наоми Кавасэ
  • 河瀬直美
  • かわせなおみ

Naomi Kawase

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.

Known For

Love & Pop
7.7%

Love & Pop

Jan 10, 1998

Shara
6.4%

Shara

Jul 12, 2003

The Tale of Iya
6.9%

The Tale of Iya

Oct 22, 2013

Katatsumori
7.3%

Katatsumori

May 22, 1994

Embracing
6.2%

Embracing

Jan 1, 1992

It Stopped Raining
7.5%

It Stopped Raining

Feb 7, 2020

B
6.3%

Birth/Mother

Aug 10, 2006

T
6.5%

Trace

Oct 30, 2012

See Heaven
5.0%

See Heaven

Jun 6, 1995

    • View by:
    • Media type:
    • Department:

Camera

2021
To The Future as Director of Photography
2012
Hanezu as Director of Photography
2006
Birth/Mother as Director of Photography
2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth as Director of Photography
1998
The Weald as Director of Photography
1994
Katatsumori as Director of Photography
1992
Embracing as Director of Photography

Directing

Untitled Naomi Kawase Film as Director
たしかにあった幻 as Director
2023
echo as Director
2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B as Director
2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A as Director
2021
To The Future as Director
2020
True Mothers as Director
2020
Homemade as Director
2018
The Moon as Director
2018
Vision as Director
2018
Cinema Fighters as Director
2018
Parallel World as Director
2017
Where Does the Sand Go? as Director
2017
Radiance as Director
2016
Amami as Director
2016
Lies as Director
2016
Seed as Director
2015
Sweet Bean as Director
2014
Still the Water as Director
2012
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi as Director
2012
Trace as Director
2012
Hanezu as Director
2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero as Director
2011
3.11 A Sense of Home as Director
2010
Genpin as Director
2009
Visitors as Director
2009
Koma as Director
2009
Haiku as Director
2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase as Director
2008
Nanayo as Director
2007
The Mourning Forest as Director
2006
Birth/Mother as Director
2003
Shara as Director
2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom as Director
2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth as Director
2001
Firefly as Director
1999
Kaleidoscope as Director
1998
The Weald as Director
1997
Suzaku as Director
1996
Sun on the Horizon as Director
1996
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) as Director
1995
Memory of the Wind as Director
1995
See Heaven as Director
1994
Katatsumori as Director
1993
White Moon as Director
1992
Embracing as Director
1991
Like Happiness as Director
1990
The Girls' Daily Bread as Director
1989
My Sole Family as Director
1989
A Small Largeness as Director
1989
Presently, as Director
1988
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me as Director
1988
Papa's Ice Cream as Director
1988
My J-W-F as Director
1988
I Focus on That Which Interests Me as Director

Editing

2021
To The Future as Editor
2014
Still the Water as Editor
2012
Hanezu as Editor
2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase as Editor
2008
Nanayo as Editor
2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth as Editor
2001
Firefly as Editor
1998
The Weald as Editor
1994
Katatsumori as Editor
1992
Embracing as Editor

Production

2023
Beyond the Fog as Producer
2021
Tracing Her Shadow as Executive Producer
2019
The Nikaidos' Fall as Executive Producer
2018
Vision as Producer
2015
A Midsummer's Fantasia as Producer
2015
Sweet Bean as Associate Producer
2014
Still the Water as Producer
2012
Inori as Producer
2012
Hanezu as Producer
2010
Genpin as Producer
2008
Nanayo as Producer
2007
The Mourning Forest as Producer
1998
The Weald as Producer
1994
Katatsumori as Producer
1992
Embracing as Producer

Sound

2001
Firefly as Music
1992
Embracing as Sound Recordist

Writing

2020
True Mothers as Screenplay
2018
The Moon as Writer
2018
Vision as Writer
2018
Cinema Fighters as Writer
2017
Where Does the Sand Go? as Writer
2017
Radiance as Screenplay
2016
Seed as Writer
2015
Sweet Bean as Screenplay
2014
Still the Water as Screenplay
2012
Hanezu as Screenplay
2010
Genpin as Writer
2009
Visitors as Writer
2008
Nanayo as Screenplay
2007
The Mourning Forest as Screenplay
2003
Shara as Writer
2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth as Writer
2001
Firefly as Writer
1998
The Weald as Writer
1997
Suzaku as Writer
1996
Sun on the Horizon as Writer
1994
Katatsumori as Writer
Movies
TV Shows
People
Search
Naomi Kawase