Naomi Kawase

Director | Writer | Producer

Naomi Kawase was born on May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan. She is a director and writer, known for Sweet...

Born: May 30, 1969

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Known For

Sweet Bean Director (2015)
Still the Water Director (2014)
The Mourning Forest Director (2007)
Known For

True Mothers Director (2020)
Director

Tokyo 2020 Olympic SIDE: B (2022)
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A (2022)
True Mothers (2020)
Homemade (2020)
Vision (2018)
Cinema Fighters (2018)
Parallel World (2017)
Radiance (2017)
Seed (2016)
Lies (2015)
Sweet Bean (2015)
Still the Water (2014)
Chiri (2012)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
3.11 Sense of Home (2011)
Hanezu (2011)
Genpin (2010)
Visitors (2009)
Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta (2009)
Nanayo (2008)
The Mourning Forest (2007)
Birth/Mother (2006)
Shadow (2004)
Shara (2003)
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002)
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (2001)
Firefly (2000)
Kaleidoscope (1999)
The Weald (1997)
Suzaku (1997)
Sun on the Horizon (1996)
This World (1996)
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 (1995)
See Heaven (1995)
Katatsumori (1994)
White Moon (1993)
Embracing (1992)
Like Happiness (1991)
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Presently, (1989)
A Small Largeness (1989)
My Sole Family (1989)
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
My J-W-F (1988)
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
Director

I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Writer

True Mothers (2020)
Vision (2018)
Cinema Fighters (2018)
Radiance (2017)
Seed (2016)
Lies (2015)
Sweet Bean (2015)
Still the Water (2014)
Chiri (2012)
Hanezu (2011)
Genpin (2010)
Visitors (2009)
Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta (2009)
Nanayo (2008)
The Mourning Forest (2007)
Birth/Mother (2006)
Shadow (2004)
Shara (2003)
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002)
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (2001)
Firefly (2000)
Kaleidoscope (1999)
The Weald (1997)
Suzaku (1997)
Sun on the Horizon (1996)
This World (1996)
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 (1995)
See Heaven (1995)
Katatsumori (1994)
White Moon (1993)
Embracing (1992)
Like Happiness (1991)
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Presently, (1989)
A Small Largeness (1989)
My Sole Family (1989)
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
My J-W-F (1988)
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
Writer

I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Producer

Tracing Her Shadow (2020)
The Wind From Persia (2018)
The Nikaidos' Fall (2018)
Vision (2018)
The Wolves of the East (2017)
Higashi no ohkami (2016)
Sweet Bean (2015)
A Midsummer's Fantasia (2014)
Still the Water (2014)
A Tale Of Your Scab (2013)
Inori (2012)
3.11 Sense of Home (2011)
Hanezu (2011)
Genpin (2010)
Last Chestnuts (2010)
Bion (2010)
Nanayo (2008)
The Mourning Forest (2007)
Birth/Mother (2006)
The Weald (1997)
Sun on the Horizon (1996)
This World (1996)
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 (1995)
See Heaven (1995)
Katatsumori (1994)
White Moon (1993)
Embracing (1992)
Like Happiness (1991)
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Presently, (1989)
A Small Largeness (1989)
My Sole Family (1989)
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
My J-W-F (1988)
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
Producer

I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Actress

Silent Rain Koyomi's mother (2019)
The Tale of Iya Dr. Amamiya (2013)
Saezaete nao kokkeina tsuki (2012)
Actress

Shara Reiko (2003)
Editor

Still the Water (2014)
Hanezu (2011)
Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta (2009)
Nanayo (2008)
Shadow (2004)
Shara (2003)
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002)
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (2001)
Firefly (2000)
Kaleidoscope (1999)
The Weald (1997)
Sun on the Horizon (1996)
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 (1995)
See Heaven (1995)
Katatsumori (1994)
White Moon (1993)
Embracing (1992)
Like Happiness (1991)
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Presently, (1989)
A Small Largeness (1989)
My Sole Family (1989)
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
My J-W-F (1988)
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
Editor

I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Cinematographer

True Mothers (2020)
Hanezu (2011)
Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta (2009)
Birth/Mother (2006)
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002)
Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (2001)
Kaleidoscope (1999)
The Weald (1997)
Sun on the Horizon (1996)
This World (1996)
Memory of the Wind: At Shibuya on December 26, 1995 (1995)
See Heaven (1995)
Katatsumori (1994)
White Moon (1993)
Embracing (1992)
Like Happiness (1991)
The Girls' Daily Bread (1990)
Presently, (1989)
A Small Largeness (1989)
My Sole Family (1989)
Papa's Ice Cream (1988)
My J-W-F (1988)
Cinematographer

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988)
I Focus on That Which Interests Me (1988)
Composer

Firefly (2000)

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Awards

29 wins & 46 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Enjoys playing basketball.

Quotes

The job of cinema is to concentrate on love or passion.

Star Sign

Gemini

Personal Details

Born

May 30, 1969
Nara, Japan

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