Naomi Kawase Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Editor, Composer (Music Score), Cinematographer, Producer, Screenwriter

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Synopsis: Director Olivier Jahan offers an glimpse into The Director's Fortnight, a sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival conceived by a group of filmmakers known as the Société des Réalisateurs de Films who sought to counter the academism of the main part of the world-renowned festival. Pierre-Henri Deleau Read More

2008
The Mourning Forest

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Shigeki Uda, Machiko Ono, Makiko Watanabe, Kanako Masuda, Yoichiro Saito

Synopsis: Two people dealing with loss come together in this drama from Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase. Machiko (Machiko Ono) is a woman who is still recovering emotionally from the death of her young son when she takes a job at a nursing home, where she helps care for the elderly and ailing residents. One Read More

2007
The Forest of Mogari

Crew: Director

2007
Birth/Mother

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Sound/Sound Designer

Actors: Kawase Uno, Naomi Kawase

Synopsis: Naomi Kawase's documentary Birth/Mother charts her process giving birth, as well as the first year of her newborn's life. In addition to explicit footage of the actual birth, the film is full of personal remembrances of other members of her family, and personal confessions concerning how difficult Read More

2006
Sharasoyju

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Kohei Fukunaga, Yuka Hyoudo, Naomi Kawase, Katsuhisa Namase, Kanako Higuchi

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Hotaru

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Toshiya Nagasawa, Miyako Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Kitami, Ken Mitsuishi

Synopsis: Following up on her Camera d'Or-winning feature-film debut Suzaku and her understated documentary Somaudo Monogatari, Naomi Kawase spins this lyrical work about two troubled souls plagued by demons of their past. The film opens with Ayako (Yuko Nakamura) storming out of her tumble-down house after Read More

2000
Somaudo Monogatari

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In 1997, Naomi Kawase made headlines in Japan for being the youngest ever filmmaker to win the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with her sensitive low-key opus Moe no Suzaku, only to make even bigger headlines later that year when she changed her name to Naomi Sento after marrying famous Read More

1998
Suzaku

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Naomi Kawase makes her feature debut with the understated family drama set in the mountains of rural Nara prefecture. The film centers on the Tahara family who eke out a living -- much like their ancestors -- from the local ancient cedar forests. Living in a Read More

1997