Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase (河瀨直美 Kawase Naomi, born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director. She graduated from Visual Arts Osaka in 1989. 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. Aside from being a filmmaker, she is the founder and Executive Director for the Nara International Film Festival.

  • Title: Naomi Kawase
  • Popularity: 3.954
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-05-30
  • Place of Birth: Nara, Japan
  • Homepage: http://www.kawasenaomi.com
  • Also Known As: 河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi, 가와세 나오미, 센토 나오미, Наоми Кавасэ, 河瀬直美, かわせなおみ
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Naomi Kawase Movies

  • 1998
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    Love & Pop

    Love & Pop

    7.7 1998 HD

    Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates....

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  • 2003
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    Shara

    Shara

    6.3 2003 HD

    The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun,...

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  • 2011
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    Destroy Vicious

    Destroy Vicious

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2013
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    Shining Besides Funny Moon

    Shining Besides Funny Moon

    1 2013 HD

    A sexy mystery movie where a dominatrix and a detective get to the bottom of a string of suicides.

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  • 2001
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    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    6 2001 HD

    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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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    5.7 2002 HD

    Kazuo Nishii, renowned editor and photography critic, died in 2001 of stomach cancer. Two months earlier he contacted Naomi Kawase, whose works he...

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  • 2012
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    Trace

    Trace

    6.5 2012 HD

    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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  • 1995
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    See Heaven

    See Heaven

    5 1995 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    The Tale of Iya

    The Tale of Iya

    6.9 2013 HD

    As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's...

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  • 2021
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    Missing Pictures

    Missing Pictures

    1 2021 HD

    For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures,...

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  • 2006
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    Birth/Mother

    Birth/Mother

    6.3 2006 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Memory of the Wind

    Memory of the Wind

    3 1995 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    It Stopped Raining

    It Stopped Raining

    7.9 2020 HD

    A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized,...

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  • 1996
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    Sun on the Horizon

    Sun on the Horizon

    7 1996 HD

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

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

    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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  • 2014
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    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    6 2014 HD

    Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

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  • 1970
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    Amami

    Amami

    1 1970 HD

    Naomi Kawase goes to the south of Japan in search of her family origins on Amami Island, with her four-year-old son Mitsuki. They meet parents, chat...

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  • 2007
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    The Mourning Forest

    The Mourning Forest

    6.8 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    The Mourning Forest

    The Mourning Forest

    6.8 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    The Mourning Forest

    The Mourning Forest

    6.8 2007 HD

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  • 2003
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    Shara

    Shara

    6.3 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Shara

    Shara

    6.3 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    Suzaku

    Suzaku

    7 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Suzaku

    Suzaku

    7 1997 HD

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  • 2021
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    To The Future

    To The Future

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    To The Future

    To The Future

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    To The Future

    To The Future

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2010
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    Genpin

    Genpin

    5 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    Visitors

    Visitors

    4.9 2009 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Nikaidos' Fall

    The Nikaidos' Fall

    4.7 2019 HD

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  • 2012
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    Inori

    Inori

    2.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Trace

    Trace

    6.5 2012 HD

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  • 2009
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    Visitors

    Visitors

    4.9 2009 HD

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  • 2023
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    echo

    echo

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1999
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    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    5 1999 HD

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  • 2006
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    Birth/Mother

    Birth/Mother

    6.3 2006 HD

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  • 2001
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    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    6 2001 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.7 1998 HD

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  • 2008
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    Nanayo

    Nanayo

    7 2008 HD

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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1995
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    See Heaven

    See Heaven

    5 1995 HD

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 2002
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    Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom

    5.7 2002 HD

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  • 2022
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    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B

    6 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Still the Water

    Still the Water

    6.9 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Still the Water

    Still the Water

    6.9 2014 HD

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  • 2009
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    Koma

    Koma

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2001
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    Firefly

    Firefly

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Firefly

    Firefly

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2014
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    A Midsummer's Fantasia

    A Midsummer's Fantasia

    6.9 2014 HD

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  • 2015
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    Sweet Bean

    Sweet Bean

    7.4 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Sweet Bean

    Sweet Bean

    7.4 2015 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase

    6.6 2009 HD

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  • 2018
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    CINEMA FIGHTERS

    CINEMA FIGHTERS

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1996
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    Sun on the Horizon

    Sun on the Horizon

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    Sun on the Horizon

    Sun on the Horizon

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

    Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

    6 2022 HD

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  • 2009
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    Haiku

    Haiku

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Still the Water

    Still the Water

    6.9 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Moon

    The Moon

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    The Moon

    The Moon

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    CINEMA FIGHTERS

    CINEMA FIGHTERS

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2016
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    Seed

    Seed

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Seed

    Seed

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2011
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    3.11 A Sense of Home

    3.11 A Sense of Home

    6.5 2011 HD

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  • 1994
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    Katatsumori

    Katatsumori

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 2006
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    Birth/Mother

    Birth/Mother

    6.3 2006 HD

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  • 1995
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    Memory of the Wind

    Memory of the Wind

    3 1995 HD

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  • 1996
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    This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

    This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda)

    1 1996 HD

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  • 2016
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    Lies

    Lies

    10 2016 HD

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  • 1989
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    Presently,

    Presently,

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Girls' Daily Bread

    The Girls' Daily Bread

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1988
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    Papa's Ice Cream

    Papa's Ice Cream

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    My Sole Family

    My Sole Family

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1988
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    My J-W-F

    My J-W-F

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

    The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    I Focus on That Which Interests Me

    I Focus on That Which Interests Me

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    A Small Largeness

    A Small Largeness

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1991
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    Like Happiness

    Like Happiness

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

    Hikaru Utada: Sakura Nagashi

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2001
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    Firefly

    Firefly

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Firefly

    Firefly

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    6 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    6 2001 HD

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  • 2023
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    Beyond the Fog

    Beyond the Fog

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2017
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    Where Does the Sand Go?

    Where Does the Sand Go?

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Where Does the Sand Go?

    Where Does the Sand Go?

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Radiance

    Radiance

    6.5 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Radiance

    Radiance

    6.5 2017 HD

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  • 2008
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    Nanayo

    Nanayo

    7 2008 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Vision

    Vision

    5.017 2018 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Still the Water

    Still the Water

    6.9 2014 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Vision

    Vision

    5.017 2018 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Vision

    Vision

    5.017 2018 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.7 1998 HD

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Sweet Bean

    Sweet Bean

    7.4 2015 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

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  • 1993
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    White Moon

    White Moon

    1 1993 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Genpin

    Genpin

    5 2010 HD

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Genpin

    Genpin

    5 2010 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Parallel World

    Parallel World

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2008
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    Nanayo

    Nanayo

    7 2008 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Nanayo

    Nanayo

    7 2008 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    True Mothers

    True Mothers

    7.3 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Tracing Her Shadow

    Tracing Her Shadow

    6.8 2021 HD

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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Embracing

    Embracing

    6.2 1992 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.7 1998 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.7 1998 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.7 1998 HD

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    True Mothers

    True Mothers

    7.3 2020 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.8 2011 HD

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  • 2001
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    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth

    6 2001 HD

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  • 1970
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    Amami

    Amami

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

    Untitled Naomi Kawase Film

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2021
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    What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

    What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now

    1 2021 HD

    A "movie" that is a mirror of the times. At the forefront of the movie, there are "important things" to know now ... Kento Nakajima learns about such...

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  • 1998
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    Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

    Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1970
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    Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

    Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai

    5.8 1970 HD

    Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short...

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