Naomi Kawase

Acting

Naomi Kawase

Overview

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Birthday
May 30, 1969 (56 years old)

Naomi Kawase

Known For

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
1 Episode
DOLBY
TV Show 2021

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

A "movie" that is a mirror of the times. At...

It Stopped Raining
1h 39m
DOLBY
Movie 2020

It Stopped Raining

A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi,...

Amami
46min
DOLBY
Movie 2016

Amami

Naomi Kawase goes to the south of Japan in search...

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2h 25m
DOLBY
Movie 2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all...

Shining Besides Funny Moon
1h 50m
DOLBY
Movie 2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon

A sexy mystery movie where a dominatrix and a detective...

Destroy Vicious
2h
DOLBY
Movie 2011

Destroy Vicious

Shara
1h 40m
DOLBY
Movie 2003

Shara

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara....

StreamPrime Logo
45min
DOLBY
Movie 1996

Sun on the Horizon

The last piece of the trilogy, following 'Katatsumori' and 'See...

StreamPrime Logo
30min
DOLBY
Movie 1995

Memory of the Wind

Naomi Kawase observes people in the city of Shibuya with...

See Heaven
10min
DOLBY
Movie 1995

See Heaven

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s...

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.