Naomi Kawase Movies
- 2023

echo
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From the music of Tunisian composer Amine Bouhafa, Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase crafts a story of two young people ruminating on existence and...
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- 2012

Inori
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Director Pedro came to Japan in April 2011, started shooting in the village Totsukawa of Nara Prefecture. He, as Himotoku, began to spin the story...
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- 2009

Koma
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Kawase explores the fragile and often tense history between Korea and Japan through the relationship that develops between a third generation...
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- 2013

Shining Besides Funny Moon
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A sexy mystery movie where a dominatrix and a detective get to the bottom of a string of suicides.
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- 2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
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Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...
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- 2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
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Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.
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- 1995

Memory of the Wind
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Naomi Kawase observes people in the city of Shibuya with curiosity and openness, drawing parallels between life and filmmaking and discovering her...
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- 1999

Kaleidoscope
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A photographer and a filmmaker challenge each other to shoot—one to photograph the other to film—two young actresses, one from Tokyo, the...
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- 2014

Still the Water
Still the Water6.82014HD
On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito...
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- 2022

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
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Follows Japanese director Naomi Kawase as she directs the official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, giving a message that goes beyond the...
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- 2016

Lies
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This is the story about the life and artistic views of a designer through an interview that’s replete with poetic dialogue.
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- 2016

Seed
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Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey...
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- 2009

Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
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The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format...
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- 2004

Women Make Films
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- 2018

Parallel World
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Toru revisits the astronomical observatory in his old school for the first time in 15 years. He finds a notebook in the room that remained unchanged...
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- 1994

Katatsumori
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Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.
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- 1995

See Heaven
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The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment...
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- 2017

Radiance
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The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
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- 2025

Echoes of Motherhood
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The love and conflicts between mother and daughter, and between husband and wife. The final chapter of Nakagawa Ryutaro's trilogy, depicting the...
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- 2016

Amami
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Naomi Kawase goes to the south of Japan in search of her family origins on Amami Island, with her four-year-old son Mitsuki. They meet parents, chat...
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