Naomi Kawase
Directing
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.
Emergency Exit
Echoes of Motherhood
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
Amami
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
Shining Besides Funny Moon
Trace
Self
Destroy Vicious
Birth/Mother
Self
Women Make Films
Self
Shara
Reiko
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self
Kaleidoscope
Self
Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Sun on the Horizon
Memory of the Wind
Herself
See Heaven
Self
Katatsumori
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Embracing
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