FILM DIRECTOR

Naomi Kawase

1969 - Today

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Naomi Kawase () (河瀨直美, Kawase Naomi) is a Japanese film director. She was also known as Naomi Sento (仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi), with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naomi Kawase is the 1,394th most popular film director (down from 1,234th in 2019), the 1,714th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Naomi Kawase ranks 1,394 out of 2,041. Before her are Flora Gomes, Chris Menges, Bennett Miller, Lev Arnshtam, Michael Winterbottom, and Noémie Lvovsky. After her are Takashi Shimizu, Goutam Ghose, Alexander Hall, Gavin Hood, Joseph Ruben, and Igor Maslennikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Naomi Kawase ranks 366. Before her are Pavel Tonkov, Patton Oswalt, Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Adriana Esteves, Olivier Beretta, and Meja. After her are Rana Hussein, Maher Al-Mu'aiqly, Matthew Settle, Gary Speed, Lucero, and Óscar Ruiz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naomi Kawase ranks 1,714 out of 6,245. Before her are Haruki Uemura (1951), Shohachi Ishii (1926), Bunji Kimura (1944), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Koji Takano (1992), and Daisuke Nitta (1980). After her are Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Takashi Shimizu (1972), Takafumi Kanazawa (1981), Hiroaki Hirata (1963), Kaori Nagamine (1968), and Satoru Mochizuki (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Naomi Kawase ranks 52. Before her are Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kei Kumai (1930), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shunji Iwai (1963), and Yōjirō Takita (1955). After her are Takashi Shimizu (1972), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978), Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Noriyuki Abe (1961), and Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972).

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