Naomi Kawase Movies

A film-within-a-film from Kawase's "Radiance" (2017). The film depicts a man who is obsessed with the woman of his destiny and clings to the past,...

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...

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 last piece of Naomi Kawase's Grandmother Trilogy, following Katatsumori (1994) and See Heaven (1995), filming her grandma and herself. Her gazes...

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and...

1988 film.

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...

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

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

The song "Sakura Nagashi" by Hikaru Utada, reflects on themes of love, loss, and the beauty of fleeting moments. The opening lines describe cherry...

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

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

This experimental documentary follows director Kawase as she walks through Shibuya in the winter of 1995 with a camera, attempting to interact with...

The film takes shape through the form of a video exchange between Hirokazu Kore-eda and Naomi Kawase. Each films the world around them and intimately...

Kawase pays tribute to the grandmother that raised her after being separated from her parents as a child. The film teems with memories, but it is the...

Naomi Kawase's documentary about Nishii Kazuo, a photo critic. He is the last chief editor for the Camera Mainichi magazine, rushing through his time...

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her grandma and her search for her father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her...

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...

From a vast record of 750 days, 5000 hours, Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 SIDE A and SIDE B are the official documentaries by Naomi...

1989 short film