Naomi Kawase Movies

Kawase's debut film, shot after a fateful encounter with an 8mm film camera. The sturdy frame honestly reflects what the photographer sees and feels....

Naomi Kawase returns to the mountains of her feature film Suzaku and portraits the people that inspired the movie.

1988 short film

Naomi Kawase observes people in the city of Shibuya with curiosity and openness, drawing parallels between life and filmmaking and discovering her...

This experimental documentary follows director Kawase as she walks through Shibuya in the winter of 1995 with a camera, attempting to interact with...

It’s about “human evaporation”, referring to the phenomena in Japan called Jouhatsu, in which people – up to 100,000 a year...

The song "Sakura Nagashi" by Hikaru Utada, reflects on themes of love, loss, and the beauty of fleeting moments. The opening lines describe cherry...

1988 short film

Taichi, a security worker, meets a girl, Heki, at a bar. The next evening, he sees the beautiful view of his town for the first time in ages, and...

1988 film.

1989 short film.