Naomi Kawase Movies
- 2020
True Mothers
True Mothers7.3162020HD
After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husband Kiyokazu make the decision to adopt a child....
- 1998
Love & Pop
Love & Pop7.7031998HD
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates....
- 2017
Radiance
Radiance6.52017HD
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
- 2007
The Mourning Forest
The Mourning Forest6.82007HD
A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in...
- 2015
Sweet Bean
Sweet Bean7.4352015HD
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret....
- 2014
Still the Water
Still the Water6.8572014HD
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...
- 1997
Suzaku
Suzaku6.971997HD
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke...
- 2009
Visitors
Visitors4.8892009HD
Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse...
- 2003
Shara
Shara6.32003HD
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun,...
- 2011
3.11 A Sense of Home
3.11 A Sense of Home6.52011HD
In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.
- 2023
Beyond the Fog
Beyond the Fog02023HD
A quiet hamlet hidden in the remote mountains village of Japan. In this hamlet once lively with hikers and shops, we meet Ihika, a 12-year-old born...
- 2020
It Stopped Raining
It Stopped Raining7.92020HD
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized,...
- 2013
The Tale of Iya
The Tale of Iya6.92013HD
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's...
- 2009
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase6.62009HD
The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format...
- 2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women62014HD
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...
- 2014
A Midsummer's Fantasia
A Midsummer's Fantasia6.92014HD
Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.
- 2012
Hanezu
Hanezu62012HD
Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi...
- 2021
Tracing Her Shadow
Tracing Her Shadow6.82021HD
An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese...
- 2018
Vision
Vision5.0172018HD
Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.
- 2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B62022HD
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...