Naomi Kawase: movies and TV shows

Naomi Kawase has 149 credits in the archive: 146 films and 3 TV series, from 1988 to 2026. Highest rated: Yakushima's Illusion (8.0/10).

Career timeline

1988 – 2026 · busiest year: 2012 (12 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard	Tanaka	Film	6.5	57
2026	Transit in Flamingo		Film	—	57
2026	Echoes of Motherhood		Film	—	57
2025	Yakushima's Illusion		Film	8.0	56
2025	Yakushima's Illusion		Film	8.0	56
2025	Emergency Exit		Film	4.0	56
2023	Beyond the Fog		Film	8.0	54
2023	echo		Film	2.5	54
2022	Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A		Film	6.0	53
2022	Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B		Film	6.0	53
2021	What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now		TV	—	52
2021	Tracing Her Shadow		Film	6.6	52
2021	To The Future		Film	—	52
2021	To The Future		Film	—	52
2021	To The Future		Film	—	52
2020	Homemade		TV	5.5	51
2020	True Mothers		Film	7.4	51
2020	True Mothers		Film	7.4	51
2020	True Mothers		Film	7.4	51
2020	It Stopped Raining	Koyomi's Mother	Film	7.5	51
2019	The Nikaidos' Fall		Film	4.7	50
2018	Vision		Film	4.9	49
2018	Vision		Film	4.9	49
2018	Vision		Film	4.9	49
2018	Cinema Fighters		Film	—	49
2018	Cinema Fighters		Film	—	49
2018	The Moon		Film	—	49
2018	The Moon		Film	—	49
2018	Parallel World		Film	—	49
2017	Radiance		Film	6.5	48
2017	Radiance		Film	6.5	48
2017	Where Does the Sand Go?		Film	—	48
2017	Where Does the Sand Go?		Film	—	48
2016	Lies		Film	10.0	47
2016	Seed		Film	3.0	47
2016	Seed		Film	3.0	47
2016	Amami	Self	Film	6.5	47
2016	Amami		Film	6.5	47
2015	Sweet Bean		Film	7.5	46
2015	Sweet Bean		Film	7.5	46
2015	Sweet Bean		Film	7.5	46
2015	A Midsummer's Fantasia		Film	7.4	46
2014	Still the Water		Film	6.7	45
2014	Still the Water		Film	6.7	45
2014	Still the Water		Film	6.7	45
2014	Still the Water		Film	6.7	45
2014	Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women	Self	Film	6.5	45
2013	Shining Besides Funny Moon		Film	—	44
2013	The Tale of Iya	Dr. Amamiya	Film	6.9	44
2012	Hanezu		Film	6.0	43
2012	Hanezu		Film	6.0	43
2012	Hanezu		Film	6.0	43
2012	Hanezu		Film	6.0	43
2012	Hanezu		Film	6.0	43
2012	Inori		Film	2.8	43
2012	Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi		Film	8.0	43
2012	Trace	Self	Film	6.5	43
2012	Trace		Film	6.5	43
2012	Trace		Film	6.5	43
2012	Trace		Film	6.5	43
2012	Trace		Film	6.5	43
2011	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero		Film	4.2	42
2011	3.11 A Sense of Home Films		Film	6.5	42
2011	Destroy Vicious		Film	—	42
2010	Genpin		Film	5.0	41
2010	Genpin		Film	5.0	41
2010	Genpin		Film	5.0	41
2009	Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase		Film	6.7	40
2009	Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase		Film	6.7	40
2009	Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase		Film	6.7	40
2009	Koma		Film	6.0	40
2009	Haiku		Film	3.5	40
2008	Rien ne s'efface	elle-même	Film	8.0	39
2008	Nanayo		Film	7.0	39
2008	Nanayo		Film	7.0	39
2008	Nanayo		Film	7.0	39
2008	Nanayo		Film	7.0	39
2007	The Mourning Forest		Film	6.8	38
2007	The Mourning Forest		Film	6.8	38
2007	The Mourning Forest		Film	6.8	38
2006	Birth/Mother	Self	Film	6.6	37
2006	Birth/Mother		Film	6.6	37
2006	Birth/Mother		Film	6.6	37
2004	Women Make Films	Self	Film	—	35
2003	Shara	Reiko	Film	6.4	34
2003	Shara		Film	6.4	34
2003	Shara		Film	6.4	34
2002	Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom	Self	Film	6.2	33
2002	Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom		Film	6.2	33
2002	Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom		Film	6.2	33
2002	Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom		Film	6.2	33
2002	Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom		Film	6.2	33
2001	Firefly		Film	7.0	32
2001	Firefly		Film	7.0	32
2001	Firefly		Film	7.0	32
2001	Firefly		Film	7.0	32
2001	Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth	Self	Film	6.4	32
2001	Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth		Film	6.4	32
2001	Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth		Film	6.4	32
2001	Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth		Film	6.4	32
2001	Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth		Film	6.4	32
1999	Kaleidoscope	Self	Film	5.0	30
1999	Kaleidoscope		Film	5.0	30
1999	Kaleidoscope		Film	5.0	30
1999	Kaleidoscope		Film	5.0	30
1999	Kaleidoscope		Film	5.0	30
1998	Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai	Self	TV	—	29
1998	Love & Pop	Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)	Film	7.7	29
1998	The Weald		Film	5.7	29
1998	The Weald		Film	5.7	29
1998	The Weald		Film	5.7	29
1998	The Weald		Film	5.7	29
1998	The Weald		Film	5.7	29
1997	Suzaku		Film	7.3	28
1997	Suzaku		Film	7.3	28
1996	Sun on the Horizon	Self	Film	7.0	27
1996	Sun on the Horizon		Film	7.0	27
1996	Sun on the Horizon		Film	7.0	27
1996	Sun on the Horizon		Film	7.0	27
1996	This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)		Film	1.0	27
1995	Kaze no kioku: Shibuya ni te 1995.12.26		Film	—	26
1995	See Heaven	Self	Film	5.4	26
1995	See Heaven		Film	5.4	26
1995	Memory of the Wind	Herself	Film	3.0	26
1995	Memory of the Wind		Film	3.0	26
1994	Katatsumori	Self	Film	7.7	25
1994	Katatsumori		Film	7.7	25
1994	Katatsumori		Film	7.7	25
1994	Katatsumori		Film	7.7	25
1994	Katatsumori		Film	7.7	25
1994	Katatsumori		Film	7.7	25
1993	White Moon		Film	—	24
1992	Embracing	Self	Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1992	Embracing		Film	6.5	23
1991	Like Happiness		Film	—	22
1990	The Girls' Daily Bread		Film	—	21
1989	My Sole Family		Film	—	20
1989	Presently,		Film	—	20
1989	A Small Largeness		Film	—	20
1988	My J-W-F		Film	—	19
1988	The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me		Film	—	19
1988	I Focus on That Which Interests Me		Film	—	19
1988	Papa's Ice Cream		Film	—	19
	Untitled Naomi Kawase Film		Film	—	—

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