As Director, As Writer
True Mothers
2020
7.4
Naomi Kawase
Acting
Born
May 30, 1969
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
It Stopped Raining
2020
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Vision
2018
4.9
As Director, As Writer
Radiance
2017
6.5
As Director, As Writer
Sweet Bean
2015
7.4
As Director, As Writer
Still the Water
2014
6.8
As Actor
The Tale of Iya
2013
6.9
As Director, As Writer
Hanezu
2012
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Genpin
2010
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Visitors
2009
5.2
As Director, As Writer
Nanayo
2008
7.0
As Director, As Writer
The Mourning Forest
2007
6.8
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Shara
2003
6.5
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
2002
5.7
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
2001
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Kaleidoscope
1999
5.0
As Director, As Writer
The Weald
1998
5.7
As Director, As Writer
Suzaku
1997
7.3
As Actor, As Director
See Heaven
1995
5.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Katatsumori
1994
7.3