
Born
May 30, 1969
Place of Birth
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 Interna…

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026

Emergency Exit
2025

Echoes of Motherhood
2025

It Stopped Raining
2020

Amami
2016

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014

The Tale of Iya
2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Trace
2012

Destroy Vicious
2011

Rien ne s'efface
2008

Birth/Mother
2006

Women Make Films
2004

Shara
2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001

Kaleidoscope
1999

Love & Pop
1998

Sun on the Horizon
1996
Memory of the Wind
1995

See Heaven
1995

Katatsumori
1994

Embracing
1992