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Naomi Kawase

Director · 75 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for Sweet Bean (2015)

Frequent collaborators: Uno Kawase, Mitsuki Kawase

Best Naomi Kawase movies by genre

Directed movies (54 total, ranked by score)

  1. Sweet Bean

    2015 · ★ 7.5 (612 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. True Mothers

    2020 · ★ 7.4 (89 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Suzaku

    1997 · ★ 7.3 (41 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Still the Water

    2014 · ★ 6.7 (109 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    4

  5. Nanayo

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (20 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. See Heaven

    1995 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Mourning Forest

    2007 · ★ 6.8 (51 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Radiance

    2017 · ★ 6.5 (105 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    8

  9. Birth/Mother

    2006 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Shara

    2003 · ★ 6.3 (43 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Yakushima's Illusion

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Kaleidoscope

    1999 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    2009 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Lies

    2016 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Cinema Fighters

    2018

    Drama

    15

  16. 3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    2011 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Animation, Drama, Documentary

    16

  17. Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Katatsumori

    1994 · ★ 7.3 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

    1996 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Seed

    2016 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    21

  22. Firefly

    2001

    Drama

    22

  23. Hanezu

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (20 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    23

  24. Sun on the Horizon

    1996 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Haiku

    2009 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    25

  26. Genpin

    2010 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    2002 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Embracing

    1992 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. Trace

    2012 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.