Movies
- 2011
Destroy Vicious
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- 2002
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
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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...
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- 2017
Where Does the Sand Go?
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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,...
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- 2010
Genpin
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About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).
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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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- 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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- 1996
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)
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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...
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- 1988
My J-W-F
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1988 short film
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- 1995
Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26
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This experimental documentary follows director Kawase as she walks through Shibuya in the winter of 1995 with a camera, attempting to interact with...
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- 1992
Embracing
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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...
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- 2012
Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi
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The song "Sakura Nagashi" by Hikaru Utada, reflects on themes of love, loss, and the beauty of fleeting moments. The opening lines describe cherry...
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- 2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
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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...
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- 1998
The Weald
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Naomi Kawase returns to the mountains of her feature film Suzaku and portraits the people that inspired the movie.
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- 1989
A Small Largeness
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1989 short film.
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- 1995
See Heaven
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The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katatsumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment...
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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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- 1970
Untitled Naomi Kawase Film
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It’s about “human evaporation”, referring to the phenomena in Japan called Jouhatsu, in which people – up to 100,000 a year...
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- 1988
Papa's Ice Cream
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1988 short film
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- 1989
Presently,
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1989 short film
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- 1988
The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me
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1988 film.
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