Naomi Kawase
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1969-05-30 · Nara, Japan
Known for
- Sweet Bean (2015) — Screenplay
- Radiance (2017) — Director
- Still the Water (2014) — Director
- Love & Pop (1998) — Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
- True Mothers (2020) — Director
- The Mourning Forest (2007) — Director
- Shara (2003) — Reiko
- Suzaku (1997) — Director
- Vision (2018) — Director
- Homemade (2020) — Director
- The Tale of Iya (2013) — Dr. Amamiya
- Hanezu (2012) — Director
- Nanayo (2008) — Director
- Katatsumori (1994) — Self
- A Midsummer's Fantasia (2015) — Producer
- Embracing (1992) — Self