Naomi Kawase Movies

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

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

1989 short film.

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

Six stories based on six songs, the first project of Cinema Fighters.

1989 short film

Naomi Kawase returns to the mountains of her feature film Suzaku and portraits the people that inspired the movie.

Taichi, a security worker, meets a girl, Heki, at a bar. The next evening, he sees the beautiful view of his town for the first time in ages, and...

Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with...

1988 short film

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

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

1988 film.

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

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

Through this short film directed by Naomi Kawase you will witness the expressiveness of students and interviews with educators from Waldorf...

1988 short film

1991 short film

1988 short film

1990 short film