Naomi Kawase

Director · Born 30 May 1969 in Nara, Japan · 6 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

3 of Naomi Kawase’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 3 on Cineasterna and 2 on SVT Play. Highest rated available: Sweet Bean (2015) ★ 7.4.

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.

Directing

• Sweet Bean (2015)
• True Mothers (2020)
• Radiance (2017)

Writing

• Sweet Bean (2015)
• True Mothers (2020)
• Radiance (2017)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Still the Water (2014)
• Love & Pop (1998)
• The Mourning Forest (2007)
• Shara (2003)
• Suzaku (1997)
• Vision (2018)
• Homemade (2020)
• The Tale of Iya (2013)
• Hanezu (2012)
• Nanayo (2008)
• Katatsumori (1994)