Naomi Kawase

Japanese filmmaker

1.93body-of-work score · ranked #537 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 30, 1969 · Nara
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Naomi Kawase
Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    2007 · Japan / France · drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 2007

    0.751 citation
  2. 2
    True Mothers朝が来る

    2020 · Japan · drama, mystery

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2020 #3

    0.501 citation
  3. 3
    Shara沙羅双樹

    2003 · Japan · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2004 #5

    0.391 citation
  4. 4
    Suzaku萌の朱雀

    1997 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1997 #10

    0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1994Katatsumori
  • 1997Suzaku
  • 2000Firefly
  • 2001Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth
  • 2003Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
  • 2003Shara
  • 2006Birth/Mother
  • 2007The Mourning Forest
  • 2008Nanayomachi
  • 2011Hanezu
  • 2014Still the Water
  • 2015Sweet Bean
  • 2017Radiance
  • 2018Vision
  • 2020True Mothers
  • 2021Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
  • 2025Yakushima's Illusion
  • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
  • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B