Naomi Kawase
Biography
Naomi Kawase (æ˛ŗį¨į´įž 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
Top 22 Movies
Love & Pop
1998
It Stopped Raining
2020
Shara
2003
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
The Tale of Iya
2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Destroy Vicious
2011
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
See Heaven
1995
Embracing
1992
Katatsumori
1994
Emergency Exit
2025
Kaleidoscope
1999
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2025
Women Make Films
2004
Sun on the Horizon
1996
Birth/Mother
2006
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
Amami
2016