Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 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
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Nara, Japan
Homepage: http://www.kawasenaomi.com
Movie Involvements: 137
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Homemade
(2020) DirectorSweet Bean
(2015) Associate ProducerTrue Mothers
(2020) ScreenplayRadiance
(2017) DirectorNanayo
(2008) ProducerStill the Water
(2014) ProducerA Midsummer's Fantasia
(2015) ProducerVision
(2018) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2025 | N/A | |
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| 2021 | Self | |
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| 2020 | Koyomi's Mother | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2013 | Dr. Amamiya | |
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| 2012 | Self | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2003 | Reiko | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1998 | Self | |
| Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice) | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Herself | |
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| 1994 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2026 | Director | |
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2022 | Director | |
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| 2021 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
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| 2018 | Director | |
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| 2017 | Director | |
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| 2016 | Director | |
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| 2015 | Director | |
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| 2012 | Director | |
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| 2011 | Director | |
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| 1989 | Director | |
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| 1988 | Director | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Writer | |
| 2020 | Screenplay | |
| 2018 | Writer | |
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| 2017 | Writer | |
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| 2016 | Writer | |
| 2015 | Screenplay | |
| 2014 | Screenplay | |
| 2012 | Writer | |
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| 2010 | Writer | |
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| 2008 | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Screenplay | |
| 2003 | Writer | |
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| 2001 | Writer | |
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| 1999 | Writer | |
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| 1996 | Writer | |
| 1994 | Writer | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Producer | |
| 2015 | Producer | |
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| 2014 | Producer | |
| 2012 | Producer | |
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| 2010 | Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
| 2007 | Producer | |
| 1998 | Producer | |
| 1994 | Producer | |
| 1992 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Director of Photography | |
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| 2006 | Director of Photography | |
| 2002 | Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Director of Photography | |
| 1999 | Director of Photography | |
| 1998 | Director of Photography | |
| 1994 | Director of Photography | |
| 1992 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Editor | |
| 2014 | Editor | |
| 2012 | Editor | |
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| 2009 | Editor | |
| 2008 | Editor | |
| 2002 | Editor | |
| 2001 | Editor | |
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| 1999 | Editor | |
| 1998 | Editor | |
| 1994 | Editor | |
| 1992 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Music | |
| 1992 | Sound Recordist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |