Naomi Kawase
Directing
- Born
- May 30, 1969 (age 57) · Nara, Japan
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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- 2026Transit in Flamingo Executive Producer
- 2025Yakushima's Illusion Director, Writer
- 2023Beyond the Fog Producer
- 2023echo Director
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B Director
- 2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Director
- 2021To The Future Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2021Tracing Her Shadow Executive Producer
- 2020True Mothers Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- 2019
