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Naomi Kawase
Director
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Producer
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Naomi Kawase was born on 30 May 1969 in Nara, Japan. She is a director and writer, known for
Sweet Bean (2015)
,
Still the Water (2014)
and
Suzaku (1997)
. She was previously married to
Takenori Sentō
.
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Awards
26 wins & 42 nominations total
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Known for
Sweet Bean
7.4
Director
2015
Still the Water
6.7
Director
2014
Suzaku
7.3
Director
1997
True Mothers
7.0
Director
2020
Credits
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Director
51
Writer
43
Producer
38
Editor
26
Cinematographer
24
Actress
10
Composer
1
Thanks
2
Self
37
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Director
Previous
51
Yakushima's Illusion
6.8
Director
2025
Amine Bouhafa: Echo
Music Video
Director
2023
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B
5.4
Director
2022
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
6.1
Director
2022
True Mothers
7.0
Director
2020
Homemade
6.1
TV Mini Series
Director
2020
1 episode
Vision
5.2
Director
2018
Cinema Fighters
5.2
Director
(segment "Parallel World")
2018
Parallel World
Short
Director
2017
Sono suna no yukue
Short
Director
2017
Radiance
6.4
Director
2017
Seed
5.1
Short
Director
2016
Lies
6.1
Short
Director
2015
Sweet Bean
7.4
Director
2015
Still the Water
6.7
Director
2014
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Writer
Previous
43
Yakushima's Illusion
6.8
Writer
2025
True Mothers
7.0
screenplay
2020
Vision
5.2
Writer
2018
Cinema Fighters
5.2
Writer
(segment "Parallel World")
2018
Sono suna no yukue
Short
Writer
2017
Radiance
6.4
screenplay
2017
Seed
5.1
Short
written by
2016
Lies
6.1
Short
Writer
2015
Sweet Bean
7.4
screenplay
2015
Still the Water
6.7
screenplay
2014
Chiri
6.7
Writer
2012
Hanezu
6.6
screenplay
2011
Genpin
7.5
written by
2010
Koma
Short
Writer
2009
Visitors
6.1
screenplay
(segment "Koma")
2009
Producer
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38
Yakushima's Illusion
6.8
producer
2025
Kiri no fuchi
6.6
executive producer
2023
Tracing Her Shadow
6.8
executive producer
2020
The Wind from Persia
Short
producer
2018
The Nikaidos' Fall
6.1
executive producer
2018
Vision
5.2
producer
2018
Sono suna no yukue
Short
producer
2017
The Wolves of the East
6.8
producer
2016
Sweet Bean
7.4
associate producer
2015
A Midsummer's Fantasia
6.7
producer
2014
Still the Water
6.7
producer
2014
A Tale Of Your Scab
Short
producer
2013
Inori
6.8
producer
2012
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
5.5
producer
2011
Hanezu
6.6
producer
2011
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Alternative names
Naomi Sendo
Born
May 30
,
1969
Nara, Japan
Spouse
Takenori Sentō
October 1997 - March 2000 (divorced)
Children
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Trivia
Wrote two novels called "Suzaku" and "Hotaru".
Quotes
The job of cinema is to concentrate on love or passion.
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