Naomi Kawase
DirectingTotal Credits
74
Acting
25
First Credit
1988
Latest Credit
2026

Love & Pop
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998

It Stopped Raining
Koyomi's Mother
2020

Katatsumori
Self · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Producer · Writer
1994

Sweet Bean
Director · Screenplay · Associate Producer
2015

True Mothers
Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography
2020

A Midsummer's Fantasia
Producer
2015

Suzaku
Director · Writer
1997

Nanayo
Director · Screenplay · Producer · Editor
2008

The Tale of Iya
Dr. Amamiya
2013

Still the Water
Director · Screenplay · Editor · Producer
2014

The Mourning Forest
Director · Screenplay · Producer
2007

Shara
Reiko · Writer · Director
2003

Radiance
Director · Screenplay
2017

Embracing
Self · Director · Sound Recordist · Producer · Editor · Director of Photography · Writer
1992

Hanezu
Director · Screenplay · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor
2012

Homemade
Director
2020

Vision
Director · Writer · Producer
2018

Lies
Director
2016

Yakushima's Illusion
Director · Writer
2025

Beyond the Fog
Producer
2023

Rien ne s'efface
elle-même
2008

Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
Director
2012

Firefly
Director · Writer · Editor · Music
2001

Sun on the Horizon
Self · Writer · Director · Camera Operator
1996

Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
2021
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematography · Editor · Director
2009

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
2014

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
2011
Trace
Self · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography
2012

Amami
Self · Director
2016

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
Self · Director · Editor · Writer · Director of Photography
2001

Birth/Mother
Self · Director · Director of Photography
2006

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Self · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography
2002

Koma
Director
2009

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Director
2022

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Director
2022

The Weald
Director · Writer · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor
1998

Kaleidoscope
Self · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Writer
1999

Genpin
Director · Producer · Writer
2010

Haiku
Director
2009

See Heaven
Self · Director
1995

The Nikaidos' Fall
Executive Producer
2019

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011

Emergency Exit
Actor
2025
Memory of the Wind
Herself · Director
1995
Inori
Producer
2012

Seed
Director · Writer
2016

echo
Director
2023

This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
Director
1996
TVWelcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai
Self
1998
TVWhat Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now
Actor
2021
MovieThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
Actor
2026
MovieEchoes of Motherhood
Actor
2025
MovieShining Besides Funny Moon
Actor
2013
MovieCinema Fighters
Director · Writer
2018
MovieParallel World
Director
2018
MovieTransit in Flamingo
Executive Producer
2026
MovieWhite Moon
Director
1993
MovieDestroy Vicious
Actor
2011
MovieWomen Make Films
Self
2004