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Naomi Kawase
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Naomi Kawase

Born May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan

4 films Website

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 4

True Mothers (2020) movie poster
True Mothers2020
Radiance (2017) movie poster
Radiance2017
Sweet Bean (2015) movie poster
Sweet Bean2015
Still the Water (2014) movie poster
Still the Water2014