Directed credits
48
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Naomi Kawase
Directing
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0.5
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Directed movies: 47Directed series: 1All crew credits: 54
TMDB ID: 20658
IMDb ID: nm0442905
Known for: Directing
Born: May 30, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: Nara, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q271247
Also known as
河瀨直美 • 仙頭直美 • Sentō Naomi • 가와세 나오미 • 센토 나오미 • Наоми Кавасэ • 河瀬直美 • かわせなおみ
Frequent jobs
Director (48)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Writer (2)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Naomi Kawase.
6.0
Yakushima's Illusion
Director
2025 Movie
1.0
echo
Director
2023 Movie
6.0
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director
2022 Movie
6.0
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director
2022 Movie
7.3
True Mothers
Director
2020 Movie
The Moon
Director
2018 Movie
4.8
Vision
Director
2018 Movie
Cinema Fighters
Director
2018 Movie
Parallel World
Director
2018 Movie
Where Does the Sand Go?
Director
2017 Movie
6.5
Radiance
Director
2017 Movie
6.5
Amami
Director
2016 Movie
10.0
Lies
Director
2016 Movie
1.0
Seed
Director
2016 Movie
7.4
Sweet Bean
Director
2015 Movie
6.8
Still the Water
Director
2014 Movie
8.0
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director
2012 Movie
6.5
Trace
Director
2012 Movie
6.0
Hanezu
Director
2012 Movie
3.8
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
2011 Movie
5.0
Genpin
Director
2010 Movie
5.0
Visitors
Director
2009 Movie
Koma
Director
2009 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Naomi Kawase.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Naomi Kawase.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Naomi Kawase.
7.4
Sweet Bean
Director
2015 Movie
5.0
Haiku
Director
2009 Movie
5.0
Genpin
Director
2010 Movie
7.7
Love & Pop
as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998 Movie
7.0
Sun on the Horizon
Writer
1996 Movie
Missing Pictures
as Self
2021 Movie
7.3
True Mothers
Director
2020 Movie
6.0
Yakushima's Illusion
Director
2025 Movie
6.8
Still the Water
Director
2014 Movie
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
2011 Movie
6.5
Radiance
Director
2017 Movie
4.8
Vision
Director
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Naomi Kawase.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Naomi Kawase.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Naomi Kawase.
Emergency Exit
2025 Movie
Echoes of Motherhood
2025 Movie
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2025 Movie
Missing Pictures
as Self
2021 Movie
7.7
It Stopped Raining
as Koyomi's Mother
2020 Movie
6.5
Amami
as Self
2016 Movie
6.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014 Movie
6.9
The Tale of Iya
as Dr. Amamiya
2013 Movie
Shining Besides Funny Moon
2013 Movie
6.5
Trace
as Self
2012 Movie
Destroy Vicious
2011 Movie
6.3
Birth/Mother
as Self
2006 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Naomi Kawase.