
Directing
Naomi Kawase
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

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Film · 2026

Echoes of Motherhood
Film · 2026

Emergency Exit
Film · 2025

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
Series · 2021

It Stopped Raining
Film · 2020

Amami
Film · 2016

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Film · 2014

Shining Besides Funny Moon
Film · 2013

The Tale of Iya
Film · 2013

Trace
Film · 2012

Destroy Vicious
Film · 2011

Rien ne s'efface
Film · 2008

Birth/Mother
Film · 2006

Women Make Films
Film · 2004

Shara
Film · 2003

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Film · 2002

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Film · 2001

Kaleidoscope
Film · 1999

Love & Pop
Film · 1998

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
Series · 1998

Sun on the Horizon
Film · 1996

See Heaven
Film · 1995

Memory of the Wind
Film · 1995

Katatsumori
Film · 1994

Embracing
Film · 1992