Naomi Kawase
Born: 1969-05-30
• 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 International Film Festival.
Filmography
Emergency Exit
Echoes of Motherhood
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
It Stopped Raining
Amami
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
The Tale of Iya
Shining Besides Funny Moon
No Image
Trace
Destroy Vicious
Birth/Mother
Women Make Films
Shara
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Kaleidoscope
Love & Pop
Sun on the Horizon
No Image
Memory of the Wind
See Heaven
Katatsumori
Embracing