Cast
Naomi Kawase
Directing
Cast
Naomi Kawase
Known for
Directing
Born
1969-05-30
From
Nara, Japan
Also known as 河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi
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.
★4.0
MOVIE2025
Emergency Exit
★7.7
MOVIE1998
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2020
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Shara
as Reiko
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
MOVIE2011
Destroy Vicious
MOVIE2013
Shining Besides Funny Moon
MOVIE2025
Echoes of Motherhood
★6.9
MOVIE2013
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
★5.0
MOVIE1999
Kaleidoscope
as Self
MOVIE2026
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
★6.3
MOVIE2006
Birth/Mother
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Sun on the Horizon
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE1994
Katatsumori
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Embracing
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Trace
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1995
See Heaven
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2001
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
as Self
★3.0
MOVIE1995
Memory of the Wind
as Herself
MOVIE2004
Women Make Films
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2016
Amami
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Rien ne s'efface
as elle-même