Naomi Kawase
1969 (55 лет)パラレルワールド
Naomi Kawase
Takayuki Yamada, Anna Ishii
Toru revisits the astronomical observatory in his old school for the first time in 15 years. He finds a notebook in the room that remained unchanged and frozen in time. "Thanks for watching me." It was a message from Shinya, a member of the school dance club, who he had feelings for.
Parallel World
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Ally Acker
Jodie Foster, Ally Acker
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
萌の朱雀
Naomi Kawase
Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono
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 and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
Suzaku
あん
Naomi Kawase
Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase
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. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
Sweet Bean
沙羅双樹
Naomi Kawase
Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo
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, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with his childhood friend, Yu.
Shara
垂乳女
Naomi Kawase
Uno Kawase, Naomi Kawase
Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience. "First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realized, while filming, that this is not the story of "one life." In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another."
Birth/Mother
祖谷物語 -おくのひと-
Tetsuichirô Tsuta
Rina Takeda, Shima Onishi
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 humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
The Tale of Iya
朝が来る
Naomi Kawase
Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.
True Mothers
Tsuioku no Dansu
Naomi Kawase
Naomi Kawase, Nishii Kazuo
Kazuo Nishii, renowned editor and photography critic, died in 2001 of stomach cancer. Two months earlier he contacted Naomi Kawase, whose works he admired, to document the remaining weeks of his life. Kawase visits him in the hospital and films the progression of his sickness and the conversations between the two.
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
火垂
Naomi Kawase
Yuko Nakamura, Toshiya Nagasawa
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
Firefly
