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Naomi Kawase

Age · 57 Born · May 30, 1969 From · Nara, Japan Films · 48

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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.

Known for

Yakushima's Illusion poster

Yakushima's Illusion

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

True Mothers poster

Career timeline

2025

Yakushima's Illusion Notable

2023

2022

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

2020

True Mothers Notable

2018

Cinema Fighters

2017

Where Does the Sand Go?

2016

2015

Sweet Bean Notable

2014

Still the Water

2012

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi Notable

2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

2010

2009

2008

2007

The Mourning Forest

2006

2003

2002

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Firefly Notable

1999

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Full filmography

Yakushima's Illusion poster

Yakushima's Illusion

echo poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A poster

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

True Mothers poster

The Moon poster

Vision poster

Cinema Fighters poster

Cinema Fighters

Parallel World poster

Where Does the Sand Go? poster

Where Does the Sand Go?

Radiance poster

Amami poster

Lies poster

Seed poster

Sweet Bean poster

Still the Water poster

Still the Water

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi poster

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

Hanezu poster

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero poster

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

3.11 A Sense of Home Films poster

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

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