1992

Embracing

6.3/10

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her grandma and her search for her father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her e...

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Embracing

2012

Trace

6.5/4

Kawase pays tribute to the grandmother that raised her after being separated from her parents as a child. The film teems with memories, but it is the...

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Trace

1995

See Heaven

5/4

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katatsumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment towards each...

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See Heaven

2001

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

6.4/5

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

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Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

2006

Birth/Mother

6.3/6

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and d...

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Birth/Mother

1996

Sun on the Horizon

7/1

The last piece of the trilogy, following 'Katatsumori' and 'See Heaven', filming her grandma and herself. Her gazes and insights are cast on the lovab...

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Sun on the Horizon

1994

Katatsumori

7.5/15

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

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Katatsumori