Actor profile

Naomi Kawase

30th May 1969 Nara, Japan 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.

21 Movies 2 TV Shows 25 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard poster

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard 16th April 2026

Emergency Exit poster

Emergency Exit 19th December 2025

Echoes of Motherhood poster

Echoes of Motherhood 29th October 2025

It Stopped Raining poster

It Stopped Raining 7th February 2020 as Koyomi's Mother

Amami poster

Amami 13th July 2016 as Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women poster

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women 10th August 2014 as Self

The Tale of Iya poster

The Tale of Iya 22nd October 2013 as Dr. Amamiya

Shining Besides Funny Moon poster

Shining Besides Funny Moon 7th September 2013

Destroy Vicious poster

Destroy Vicious 5th March 2011

Rien ne s'efface poster

Rien ne s'efface 1st January 2008 as elle-même

Birth/Mother poster

Birth/Mother 10th August 2006 as Self

Women Make Films poster

Women Make Films 1st January 2004 as Self

Shara poster

Shara 12th July 2003 as Reiko

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom poster

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom 6th April 2002 as Self

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth poster

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth 9th August 2001 as Self

Kaleidoscope poster

Kaleidoscope 1st January 1999 as Self

Love & Pop poster

Love & Pop 10th January 1998 as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Sun on the Horizon poster

Sun on the Horizon 1st January 1996 as Self

See Heaven poster

See Heaven 6th June 1995 as Self

Katatsumori poster

Katatsumori 22nd May 1994 as Self

Embracing poster

Embracing 1st January 1992 as Self

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now poster

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now 5th March 2021

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai poster

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai 2nd April 1998 as Self