Directing
Naomi Kawase
Also Known As: 河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi
Birth Date
May 30, 1969
(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
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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.
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Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
Self
1998 • 1 episode
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998
Emergency Exit
2025
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2014
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Tanaka
2026
What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
2021 • 1 episode
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
2020
Rien ne s'efface
elle-même
2008
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
2013
Shara
Reiko
2003
Katatsumori
Self
1994
Echoes of Motherhood
2026
Destroy Vicious
2011
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Birth/Mother
Self
2006
Women Make Films
Self
2004
Embracing
Self
1992
Memory of the Wind
Herself
1995
Kaleidoscope
Self
1999
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
2001