Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Directing

Born May 30, 1969 · Nara, Japan

55 films as director · Active 1988–2025

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…

Known for

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

1998

Love & Pop

Love & Pop

1998

Emergency Exit

Emergency Exit

2025

Echoes of Motherhood

Echoes of Motherhood

2025

Memory of the Wind

Memory of the Wind

1995

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

2021

Women Make Films

Women Make Films

2004

Shara

Shara

2003

Directed(55)

Yakushima's Illusion

2025Yakushima's Illusion★ 8.0

echo

2023echo★ 1.0

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B★ 6.0

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

2022Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A★ 6.0

2021To The Future

True Mothers

2020True Mothers★ 7.4

Cinema Fighters

2018Cinema Fighters

The Moon

Vision

2018Vision★ 4.9

Parallel World

2018Parallel World

Where Does the Sand Go?

2017Where Does the Sand Go?

Radiance

2017Radiance★ 6.5

Seed

2016Seed★ 1.0

Lies

2016Lies★ 10.0

Amami

2016Amami★ 6.5

Sweet Bean

2015Sweet Bean★ 7.5

Still the Water

2014Still the Water★ 6.7

Hanezu

2012Hanezu★ 6.0

2012Trace★ 6.5

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

2012Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi★ 8.0

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

20113.11 A Sense of Home Films★ 6.5

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero★ 4.2

Genpin

2010Genpin★ 5.0

Koma

2009Koma★ 6.0

2009Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase★ 6.7

Haiku

2009Haiku★ 5.0

Nanayo

2008Nanayo★ 7.0

The Mourning Forest

2007The Mourning Forest★ 6.8

Birth/Mother

2006Birth/Mother★ 6.3

Shara

2003Shara★ 6.5

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom★ 6.3

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth★ 6.4

Firefly

2001Firefly★ 7.0

Kaleidoscope

1999Kaleidoscope★ 5.0

The Weald

1998The Weald★ 5.7

Suzaku

1997Suzaku★ 7.3

Sun on the Horizon

1996Sun on the Horizon★ 7.0

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

1996This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)★ 1.0

See Heaven

1995See Heaven★ 5.0

1995Memory of the Wind★ 3.0

1995Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26

Katatsumori

1994Katatsumori★ 7.7

White Moon

Embracing

1992Embracing★ 6.3

Like Happiness

1991Like Happiness

The Girls' Daily Bread

1990The Girls' Daily Bread

My Sole Family

1989My Sole Family

Presently,

A Small Largeness

1989A Small Largeness

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

1988The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

I Focus on That Which Interests Me

1988I Focus on That Which Interests Me

Papa's Ice Cream

1988Papa's Ice Cream

My J-W-F

—Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

Acting(25)

2026The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard

2025Emergency Exit

2025Echoes of Motherhood

2021What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

2020It Stopped RainingKoyomi's Mother

2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf

2013The Tale of IyaDr. Amamiya

2013Shining Besides Funny Moon

2011Destroy Vicious

2008Rien ne s'effaceelle-même

2006Birth/MotherSelf

2004Women Make FilmsSelf

2002Letter from a Yellow Cherry BlossomSelf

2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, EarthSelf

1999KaleidoscopeSelf

1998Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, SempaiSelf

1998Love & PopWoman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

1996Sun on the HorizonSelf

1995Memory of the WindHerself

1995See HeavenSelf

1994KatatsumoriSelf

1992EmbracingSelf

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