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Biography
Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also briefly known as Naomi Sento , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her.
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Awards & recognition
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 2015
- Carrosse d'or · 2009
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 2007
- Caméra d'Or · 1997
- Mainichi Film Award — Best Director
Filmography7 titles

It Stopped Raining
2020as Koyomi's Mother
2020as Koyomi's Mother

Love & Pop
1998as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
1998as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Sweet Bean
2015Associate Producer, Director, Screenplay
2015Associate Producer, Director, Screenplay

True Mothers
2020Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
2020Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay

A Midsummer's Fantasia
2014Producer
2014Producer

Still the Water
2014Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2014Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay

Radiance
2017Director, Screenplay
2017Director, Screenplay