December 15, 2019
2001-2010, Drama, Japan, Naomi Kawase, Short Film
453 Views
Kawase’s contribution to the 2009 Jeonju Digital Project.
A Japanese-Korean man (Kitamura Kizuki) travels to a village in Nara to fulfill his late grandfather’s final wish. A local woman (Nakamura Yuko) shows him around town, but the relationship grows into something beyond visitor-and-guide. Read More »
August 13, 2019
2001-2010, Documentary, Japan, Naomi Kawase
1,303 Views
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About Tadashi Yoshimura’s maternity clinic where he practice “natural births” deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).
The Japan Times wrote:
The pain of childbirth, Genesis says, is God’s punishment for the original sin of womankind — if only Eve hadn’t given Adam that apple! But in Japan, traditionalists contend, it’s to be embraced, not lamented, since the deeper the agony, the deeper the motherly love. So hold the epidurals, please, we’re Japanese. Read More »
March 11, 2019
2011-2020, Arthouse, Asian, Japan, Naomi Kawase
3,840 Views
Juliette Binoche finds rapture in the forests of Yoshino
Jeanne (Juliette Binoche) travels to Japan to search for the rare medicinal plant ‘Vision’, which according to legend only appears once every 997 years under special conditions. On her trip, she meets Tomo, a forest ranger, who joins her in her quest and helps retrace her past. Twenty years earlier, in the same forests of Yoshino where Jeanne now hopes to find Vision, she experienced her first true love. Read More »
May 7, 2018
2011-2020, Drama, Japan, Naomi Kawase, Romance
2,033 Views


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A passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired meets an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight Read More »
August 22, 2017
2001-2010, Drama, Japan, Naomi Kawase
1,744 Views


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A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey. Read More »
September 2, 2016
2011-2020, Drama, Japan, Naomi Kawase
3,218 Views


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It is easy to forget what a breath of fresh air Kawase Naomi once seemed within Japanese filmmaking circles when she first emerged, aged just 18, at the turn of the 1990s with a series of highly personal Super 8 diaries and experimental films. The subsequent international recognition for her Caméra d’Or-winning feature debut Suzaku (1997) trailblazed a path for a new generation of women directors, such as Nishikawa Miwa and Tanada Yuki, who have since established successful commercial careers, slowly eroding the long-entrenched gender imbalance within the industry. Read More »
February 1, 2016
2011-2020, Arthouse, Drama, Japan, Naomi Kawase
1,977 Views


On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love. (~festival-cannes.fr) Read More »