About
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.
Filmography
Transit in Flamingo2026 · Executive Producer
Yakushima's Illusion2025 · Director, Writer
Beyond the Fog2023 · Producer
echo2023 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B2022 · Director
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A2022 · Director
To The Future2021 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Tracing Her Shadow2021 · Executive Producer
True Mothers2020 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
The Nikaidos' Fall2019 · Executive Producer
The Moon2018 · Director, Writer
Vision2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
Cinema Fighters2018 · Director, Writer
Parallel World2018 · Director
Where Does the Sand Go?2017 · Director, Writer
Radiance2017 · Director, Screenplay
Amami2016 · Director
Lies2016 · Director
Seed2016 · Director, Writer
A Midsummer's Fantasia2015 · Producer