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Naomi Kawase
DirectingBORN: 1969-05-30Nara, Japan
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.
Top Filmography
7.7
Love & Pop
1998 // MOVIE
6.4
Shara
2003 // MOVIE
6.9
The Tale of Iya
2013 // MOVIE
7.3
Katatsumori
1994 // MOVIE
7.7
It Stopped Raining
2020 // MOVIE
6.2
Embracing
1992 // MOVIE
6.3
Birth/Mother
2006 // MOVIE
6.0
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001 // MOVIE
6.5
Trace
2012 // MOVIE
5.0
See Heaven
1995 // MOVIE
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 // MOVIE
5.0
Kaleidoscope
1999 // MOVIE
5.7
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002 // MOVIE
3.0
Memory of the Wind
1995 // MOVIE
7.0
Sun on the Horizon
1996 // MOVIE