Naomi Kawase
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1969-05-30 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
Also known As
河瀨直美
仙頭直美
Sentō Naomi
가와세 나오미
센토 나오미
Наоми Кавасэ
河瀬直美
かわせなおみ
Naomi Kawase
Biography
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.
Acting
1998
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
2003
as Reiko
2011
2001
1992
as Self
2002
2012
as Self
1995
as Self
2013
as Dr. Amamiya
2021
as Self
2006
as Self
1995
as Herself
2020
as Koyomi's Mother
1994
as Self
2014
2016
as Self
1999
as Self
Production
2007
as Director
2007
as Screenplay
2007
as Producer
2003
as Director
2003
as Writer
1997
as Director
1997
as Writer
2021
as Director
2021
as Editor
2021
as Director of Photography
2012
as Director
2012
as Screenplay
2010
as Director
2009
as Director
2019
as Executive Producer
2012
as Producer
2012
as Director
2009
as Writer
2023
as Director
1999
as Director
2006
as Director
2001
as Director
1998
as Director
2008
as Director
1992
as Director
1995
as Director
1994
as Director
2002
as Director
2022
2014
as Director
2014
as Screenplay
2009
as Director
2001
as Director
2001
as Writer
2015
as Producer
2015
as Screenplay
2015
as Director
2009
2009
as Cinematography
2018
as Director
1996
as Director
1996
as Writer
1994
as Producer
1994
as Director of Photography
1994
as Editor
2022
2009
as Director
2014
as Editor
2018
as Director
2018
as Writer
2018
as Writer
2012
as Producer
2016
as Director
2016
as Writer
2011
as Director
1994
as Writer
2006
as Director of Photography
1995
as Director
2016
as Director
1989
as Director
1990
as Director
1988
as Director
1989
as Director
1988
as Director
1988
1988
as Director
1989
as Director
1991
as Director
2012
as Director
2001
as Music
2001
as Editor
2001
as Writer
2001
as Editor
2023
as Producer
2017
as Director
2017
as Writer
2017
as Director
2017
as Screenplay
2008
as Screenplay
2018
as Director
2014
as Producer
2018
as Writer
2018
as Producer
1998
as Writer
2015
as Associate Producer
2012
as Director of Photography
2012
as Editor
1993
as Director
2010
as Writer
2010
as Producer
2018
as Director
2008
as Producer
2008
as Editor
2020
as Director
2021
as Executive Producer
1992
as Director of Photography
1992
as Editor
1992
as Sound Recordist
1992
as Producer
1998
as Producer
1998
as Editor
1998
as Director of Photography
2020
as Screenplay
2011
as Director
2001
as Director of Photography
2016
as Director
-
as Director
-
as Director
1999
as Director of Photography
1999
as Editor
1999
as Writer
1992
as Writer
2002
as Writer
2002
as Editor
2002
as Director of Photography
2012
as Writer
2012
as Editor
2012
as Director of Photography
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