Naomi Kawase

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 30, 1969 (56 years old)

Naomi Kawase

Known For

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

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

A "movie" that is a mirror of the times. At the forefront of the movie, there are "important things" to know now ... Kento Nakajima learns about such "movie now" through interviews and on-site interviews.

It Stopped Raining
1h 39m
Movie 2020

It Stopped Raining

A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.

Amami
0h 46m
Movie 2016

Amami

Naomi Kawase goes to the south of Japan in search of her family origins on Amami Island, with her four-year-old son Mitsuki. They meet parents, chat with the island’s inhabitants, eat traditional goat soup, observe a total solar eclipse. By reconnecting the threads of her family history, Naomi Kawase gradually fills the void left by her parents' abandonment.

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

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

Shining Besides Funny Moon
1h 50m
Movie 2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon

A sexy mystery movie where a dominatrix and a detective get to the bottom of a string of suicides.

Sun on the Horizon
0h 45m
Movie 1996

Sun on the Horizon

The last piece of the trilogy, following 'Katatsumori' and 'See Heaven', filming her grandma and herself. Her gazes and insights are cast on the lovable beings in front of her eyes.

Memory of the Wind
0h 30m
Movie 1995

Memory of the Wind

Naomi Kawase observes people in the city of Shibuya with curiosity and openness, drawing parallels between life and filmmaking and discovering her abilities as a filmmaker.

See Heaven
0h 10m
Movie 1995

See Heaven

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment towards each other.

Katatsumori
0h 39m
Movie 1994

Katatsumori

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

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.

By browsing this website, you accept our cookies policy.