56
Years
23
Movies
2
TV Shows
7.1
Rating
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.
56
Years Old
23
Movies
2
TV Shows
7.1
Avg Rating
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.
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 30, 1969
Birthplace
Nara, Japan
Also Known As
Love & Pop
1998
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
It Stopped Raining
2020
Emergency Exit
2025
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013
Shara
2003
Kaleidoscope
1999
The Tale of Iya
2013
Destroy Vicious
2011
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026
Katatsumori
1994
Embracing
1992
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
Echoes of Motherhood
2025
Birth/Mother
2006
Amami
2016
Women Make Films
2004
See Heaven
1995
Trace
2012
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