Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

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.

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TV Series

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

0
Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

0

Movies

Love & Pop

Love & Pop

7.7
Shara

Shara

6.446
Destroy Vicious

Destroy Vicious

0
Shining Besides Funny Moon

Shining Besides Funny Moon

0
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

6
Embracing

Embracing

6.2
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

5.7
Trace

Trace

6.5
See Heaven

See Heaven

5
The Tale of Iya

The Tale of Iya

6.9
Missing Pictures

Missing Pictures

0
Birth/Mother

Birth/Mother

6.3
Memory of the Wind

Memory of the Wind

3
It Stopped Raining

It Stopped Raining

7.5
Sun on the Horizon

Sun on the Horizon

7
Katatsumori

Katatsumori

7.3
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

6.5
Amami

Amami

6.5
Emergency Exit

Emergency Exit

0
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

0
Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

5