Naomi Kawase

25 composers, 25 filmmakers, 25 ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography that fit completely within the DNA of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. For the unique 2x25 project, the festival asked 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made a short film. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

From a vast record of 750 days, 5000 hours, Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 SIDE A and SIDE B are the official documentaries by Naomi Kawase capturing not only the athletes gathered from all over the world, but also their families, people involved in the Games, volunteers, medical personnel, and protesters shouting for the cancellation of the Olympics.

Follows Japanese director Naomi Kawase as she directs the official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, giving a message that goes beyond the physical exploit to mark souls, with her style and all her subtlety.

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, Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Naomi Kawase, and Lee Myung-Se give us a guided tour of a story they were not able to tell.

Through this short film directed by Naomi Kawase you will witness the expressiveness of students and interviews with educators from Waldorf school’s throughout Japan.

Through this short film directed by Naomi Kawase you will witness the expressiveness of students and interviews with educators from Waldorf school’s throughout Japan.

Through this short film directed by Naomi Kawase you will witness the expressiveness of students and interviews with educators from Waldorf school’s throughout Japan.

An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese policeman join her search.

After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.

After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.

たとえ記憶が消えてしまっても、ふたりの世界は少しずつ重なりゆく 大学の研究室で働く、足を引き摺る行助は、“たいやき屋”を営むこよみと出会う。 だがほどなく、こよみは事故に遭い、新しい記憶を短時間しか留めておけなくなってしまう。 こよみが明日になったら忘れてしまう今日という一日、また一日を、彼女と共に生きようと決意する行助。 絶望と背中合わせの希望に彩られたふたりの日々が始まった・・・

After losing his son, Tatsuya is anguished by the danger of his ancient family line coming to an end. His mother Haru urges him to embark on a loveless second marriage, and meanwhile he secretly hopes that his daughter Yoshiko will marry a husband willing to adopt the Nikaido name and follow in his footsteps.

In the form of a fiction, Naomi Kawase delivers a self-portrait which is also a re-crossing of her earlier films. The old city of Nara, the first capital of Japan where Naomi Kawase is from and where she still lives, opens up a reverie where past, present and future meet. In its winding streets mingle the "Haré" of days of celebration and ceremony and the "Ké" of everyday life.

In the form of a fiction, Naomi Kawase delivers a self-portrait which is also a re-crossing of her earlier films. The old city of Nara, the first capital of Japan where Naomi Kawase is from and where she still lives, opens up a reverie where past, present and future meet. In its winding streets mingle the "Haré" of days of celebration and ceremony and the "Ké" of everyday life.

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.

Six stories based on six songs, the first project of Cinema Fighters.

Six stories based on six songs, the first project of Cinema Fighters.

15年ぶりに母校の天体観測室を訪れた徹。当時のまま、時が止まったかのような部屋で一冊のノートを見つける。「見ていてくれてありがとう」 それは想いを寄せていたダンス部の真矢からのメッセージだった。伝えることのできなかった想いが行き場もなく、徹の目から涙が溢れ 15年前と今が交錯しはじめる。もしもあの刻を動かせるなら…

目が不自由な人のために映像を言葉で伝える、映画の音声ガイドの新たな仕事を始めた尾崎美佐子。けれども、ある時、彼女は、中森雅哉という弱視のカメラマンから、音声の付け方が不親切でなってないという、忌憚のない批判を浴びせられることに。中森は一流のカメラマンだったが、今やその視力を失いつつあった。はじめは彼の率直で無愛想な態度に反発を覚える美佐子だったが、次第に彼の写真作品や人柄に心惹かれるようになる。

目が不自由な人のために映像を言葉で伝える、映画の音声ガイドの新たな仕事を始めた尾崎美佐子。けれども、ある時、彼女は、中森雅哉という弱視のカメラマンから、音声の付け方が不親切でなってないという、忌憚のない批判を浴びせられることに。中森は一流のカメラマンだったが、今やその視力を失いつつあった。はじめは彼の率直で無愛想な態度に反発を覚える美佐子だったが、次第に彼の写真作品や人柄に心惹かれるようになる。

This is the story about the life and artistic views of a designer through an interview that’s replete with poetic dialogue.

Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. A boy offers her the gift of an apple, which she in turn gives to a homeless man, who proffers a soft piece of chiffon fabric in return. Moving like a tree that sways in the wind, the girl embodies a spirit that secretly runs through places and living things. The eleventh film commissioned by Miu Miu Women's Tales was directed by the multiple Cannes award-winning Japanese director Naomi Kawase.

Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. A boy offers her the gift of an apple, which she in turn gives to a homeless man, who proffers a soft piece of chiffon fabric in return. Moving like a tree that sways in the wind, the girl embodies a spirit that secretly runs through places and living things. The eleventh film commissioned by Miu Miu Women's Tales was directed by the multiple Cannes award-winning Japanese director Naomi Kawase.

刑務所から出所したのち、どら焼き屋「どら春」の雇われ店長となった千太郎の店に、徳江という女性がやって来る。その店で働くことを強く希望した徳江を千太郎は採用。徳江が作る粒あんが評判となり、店は大繁盛。そんな中徳江は、つぶれたどら焼きをもらいに来ていた女子中学生のワカナと親しくなる。ところがある日、かつて徳江がハンセン病を患っていたことが近所に知れ渡る。

刑務所から出所したのち、どら焼き屋「どら春」の雇われ店長となった千太郎の店に、徳江という女性がやって来る。その店で働くことを強く希望した徳江を千太郎は採用。徳江が作る粒あんが評判となり、店は大繁盛。そんな中徳江は、つぶれたどら焼きをもらいに来ていた女子中学生のワカナと親しくなる。ところがある日、かつて徳江がハンセン病を患っていたことが近所に知れ渡る。

刑務所から出所したのち、どら焼き屋「どら春」の雇われ店長となった千太郎の店に、徳江という女性がやって来る。その店で働くことを強く希望した徳江を千太郎は採用。徳江が作る粒あんが評判となり、店は大繁盛。そんな中徳江は、つぶれたどら焼きをもらいに来ていた女子中学生のワカナと親しくなる。ところがある日、かつて徳江がハンセン病を患っていたことが近所に知れ渡る。

Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

奄美大島で生活している16歳の界人と同級生の杏子。ある日、島の人々の相談を受けるユタ神様として生きてきた杏子の母イサが、難病で余命わずかなことがわかる。杏子を励ましながらも、神と呼ばれる者の命にも限りがあることに動揺する界人。そんな中、恋人のいる母・岬が醸し出す女の性に嫌悪感を抱いた彼は、衝動的に幼少期に別れた父のいる東京へと向かう。久々に父子一緒の時間を過ごして島に戻った界人だが、岬の行方がわからなくなったという知らせが飛び込んでくる。

奄美大島で生活している16歳の界人と同級生の杏子。ある日、島の人々の相談を受けるユタ神様として生きてきた杏子の母イサが、難病で余命わずかなことがわかる。杏子を励ましながらも、神と呼ばれる者の命にも限りがあることに動揺する界人。そんな中、恋人のいる母・岬が醸し出す女の性に嫌悪感を抱いた彼は、衝動的に幼少期に別れた父のいる東京へと向かう。久々に父子一緒の時間を過ごして島に戻った界人だが、岬の行方がわからなくなったという知らせが飛び込んでくる。

奄美大島で生活している16歳の界人と同級生の杏子。ある日、島の人々の相談を受けるユタ神様として生きてきた杏子の母イサが、難病で余命わずかなことがわかる。杏子を励ましながらも、神と呼ばれる者の命にも限りがあることに動揺する界人。そんな中、恋人のいる母・岬が醸し出す女の性に嫌悪感を抱いた彼は、衝動的に幼少期に別れた父のいる東京へと向かう。久々に父子一緒の時間を過ごして島に戻った界人だが、岬の行方がわからなくなったという知らせが飛び込んでくる。

奄美大島で生活している16歳の界人と同級生の杏子。ある日、島の人々の相談を受けるユタ神様として生きてきた杏子の母イサが、難病で余命わずかなことがわかる。杏子を励ましながらも、神と呼ばれる者の命にも限りがあることに動揺する界人。そんな中、恋人のいる母・岬が醸し出す女の性に嫌悪感を抱いた彼は、衝動的に幼少期に別れた父のいる東京へと向かう。久々に父子一緒の時間を過ごして島に戻った界人だが、岬の行方がわからなくなったという知らせが飛び込んでくる。

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 humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.

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 faded, dusty photographs capturing the kindness in her grandmother’s shy smile that truly bring the woman to life.

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 faded, dusty photographs capturing the kindness in her grandmother’s shy smile that truly bring the woman to life.

Director Pedro came to Japan in April 2011, started shooting in the village Totsukawa of Nara Prefecture. He, as Himotoku, began to spin the story with his camera instead of a brush…

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crimson. She dyes scarves with the color of hanezu. Kayoko lives with boyfriend Tetsuya, who works as an editor of a PR magazine. They live together. Soon, Kayoko falls in love with Takumi.

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crimson. She dyes scarves with the color of hanezu. Kayoko lives with boyfriend Tetsuya, who works as an editor of a PR magazine. They live together. Soon, Kayoko falls in love with Takumi.

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crimson. She dyes scarves with the color of hanezu. Kayoko lives with boyfriend Tetsuya, who works as an editor of a PR magazine. They live together. Soon, Kayoko falls in love with Takumi.

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crimson. She dyes scarves with the color of hanezu. Kayoko lives with boyfriend Tetsuya, who works as an editor of a PR magazine. They live together. Soon, Kayoko falls in love with Takumi.

An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).

About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).

About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).

舞台は奈良県桜井市。在日韓国人カン・ジュンイルが亡き祖父から、高句麗王とおぼしき人物が描かれた一本の掛け軸を託され、「狛」の地へと辿り着く。 そこには、仏教伝来以前から続いてきた三輪山の信仰と初子存在。 神が宿る「狛」の地で男女の魂が交錯する。 運命の二人の行方は？

Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse to see her classmate Jin-Young – only to discover that her friend is having an affair with their married professor, who Mi-Sook once dated herself. The level of social embarrassment goes off the scale. In Naomi Kawase’s Koma (Japan, 34min), Kang Jun-Il travels to a village in rural Japan to honour his grandfather’s dying wish by returning a Buddhist scroll to its ancestral home. Amid ancient superstitions, a new relationship forms. And in Lav Diaz’ Butterflies Have No Memories (Philippines, 42min) ‘homecoming queen’ Carol returns to the economically depressed former mining town she came from – and becomes the target of an absurd kidnapping plot hatched by resentful locals. Serving as his own writer, cameraman and editor, Diaz casts the film entirely from members of his crew and delivers a well-seasoned mix of social realism and fantasy. —bfi

Kawase's entry in the Haiku project

The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically distant from that of their partner, they are united by their willingness to share ideas and reflections on all that motivates their work. Within this space of freedom, the directors featured in the exhibition examine their affinities and differences, within an environment of mutual respect and simultaneity of interests and with notable formal variants established in each of the correspondences.

The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically distant from that of their partner, they are united by their willingness to share ideas and reflections on all that motivates their work. Within this space of freedom, the directors featured in the exhibition examine their affinities and differences, within an environment of mutual respect and simultaneity of interests and with notable formal variants established in each of the correspondences.

The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically distant from that of their partner, they are united by their willingness to share ideas and reflections on all that motivates their work. Within this space of freedom, the directors featured in the exhibition examine their affinities and differences, within an environment of mutual respect and simultaneity of interests and with notable formal variants established in each of the correspondences.

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.

奈良県東部の山間にあるグループホームでは、軽度の認知症を患った人たちが介護スタッフたちと共同生活をしている。患者であるしげきには33年前、妻を失った過去がある。一方、新任の介護福祉士、真千子には子どもを亡くしたのを機に、夫と別れた過去があった。最初はしげきが何を考えているか分からない真千子だが、少しずつ彼と心を打ち解け合っていく。真千子はしげきの妻の墓参りに付き添うが、そこで急に天候が悪化する。

奈良県東部の山間にあるグループホームでは、軽度の認知症を患った人たちが介護スタッフたちと共同生活をしている。患者であるしげきには33年前、妻を失った過去がある。一方、新任の介護福祉士、真千子には子どもを亡くしたのを機に、夫と別れた過去があった。最初はしげきが何を考えているか分からない真千子だが、少しずつ彼と心を打ち解け合っていく。真千子はしげきの妻の墓参りに付き添うが、そこで急に天候が悪化する。

奈良県東部の山間にあるグループホームでは、軽度の認知症を患った人たちが介護スタッフたちと共同生活をしている。患者であるしげきには33年前、妻を失った過去がある。一方、新任の介護福祉士、真千子には子どもを亡くしたのを機に、夫と別れた過去があった。最初はしげきが何を考えているか分からない真千子だが、少しずつ彼と心を打ち解け合っていく。真千子はしげきの妻の墓参りに付き添うが、そこで急に天候が悪化する。

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience. "First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realized, while filming, that this is not the story of "one life." In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another."

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience. "First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realized, while filming, that this is not the story of "one life." In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another."

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and death, presents the bond of life through her own childbirth experience. "First, I was planning to film from the day I conceived a child and to the moment I gave birth. But I realized, while filming, that this is not the story of "one life." In the end, the film sublimed to a higher stage on which we can witness the knot tying one life with another."

奈良の旧市街地で代々墨職人を受け継いできた麻生家は旧家に暮らす4人家族。ある熱い夏の日、麻生家の双子の兄弟、圭と俊は路地裏を駆け回り遊んでいた。ところがその最中、圭は突然姿を消してしまう。必死の捜索も虚しく圭が見つかることはなかった。5年後、17歳になった俊は美術部に在籍する高校生。幼なじみの夕とは互いに淡い気持ちを共有していた。夏場は作業のない墨職人の父は“バサラ祭”の準備に忙しく、母のお腹には新たな命が宿っていた。そして俊は、忘れることの出来ない兄・圭への想いをキャンバスに描き続けていた。

奈良の旧市街地で代々墨職人を受け継いできた麻生家は旧家に暮らす4人家族。ある熱い夏の日、麻生家の双子の兄弟、圭と俊は路地裏を駆け回り遊んでいた。ところがその最中、圭は突然姿を消してしまう。必死の捜索も虚しく圭が見つかることはなかった。5年後、17歳になった俊は美術部に在籍する高校生。幼なじみの夕とは互いに淡い気持ちを共有していた。夏場は作業のない墨職人の父は“バサラ祭”の準備に忙しく、母のお腹には新たな命が宿っていた。そして俊は、忘れることの出来ない兄・圭への想いをキャンバスに描き続けていた。

奈良の旧市街地で代々墨職人を受け継いできた麻生家は旧家に暮らす4人家族。ある熱い夏の日、麻生家の双子の兄弟、圭と俊は路地裏を駆け回り遊んでいた。ところがその最中、圭は突然姿を消してしまう。必死の捜索も虚しく圭が見つかることはなかった。5年後、17歳になった俊は美術部に在籍する高校生。幼なじみの夕とは互いに淡い気持ちを共有していた。夏場は作業のない墨職人の父は“バサラ祭”の準備に忙しく、母のお腹には新たな命が宿っていた。そして俊は、忘れることの出来ない兄・圭への想いをキャンバスに描き続けていた。

Kazuo Nishii, renowned editor and photography critic, died in 2001 of stomach cancer. Two months earlier he contacted Naomi Kawase, whose works he admired, to document the remaining weeks of his life. Kawase visits him in the hospital and films the progression of his sickness and the conversations between the two.

Kazuo Nishii, renowned editor and photography critic, died in 2001 of stomach cancer. Two months earlier he contacted Naomi Kawase, whose works he admired, to document the remaining weeks of his life. Kawase visits him in the hospital and films the progression of his sickness and the conversations between the two.

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

奈良県。男を作って出て行った母に代わって、姉として一緒に暮らしてきたストリッパーの恭子に育てられ、自らもストリッパーとなったあやこは、妊娠、堕胎、男との別れを経験し、今や生きる意欲を失っていた。そんな中、唯一の肉親である祖父を亡くし、天涯孤独となった陶芸家・大司と出会う。互いに欠けている物を補うように強く惹かれ、愛し合うようになるふたりだった。

奈良県。男を作って出て行った母に代わって、姉として一緒に暮らしてきたストリッパーの恭子に育てられ、自らもストリッパーとなったあやこは、妊娠、堕胎、男との別れを経験し、今や生きる意欲を失っていた。そんな中、唯一の肉親である祖父を亡くし、天涯孤独となった陶芸家・大司と出会う。互いに欠けている物を補うように強く惹かれ、愛し合うようになるふたりだった。

奈良県。男を作って出て行った母に代わって、姉として一緒に暮らしてきたストリッパーの恭子に育てられ、自らもストリッパーとなったあやこは、妊娠、堕胎、男との別れを経験し、今や生きる意欲を失っていた。そんな中、唯一の肉親である祖父を亡くし、天涯孤独となった陶芸家・大司と出会う。互いに欠けている物を補うように強く惹かれ、愛し合うようになるふたりだった。

奈良県。男を作って出て行った母に代わって、姉として一緒に暮らしてきたストリッパーの恭子に育てられ、自らもストリッパーとなったあやこは、妊娠、堕胎、男との別れを経験し、今や生きる意欲を失っていた。そんな中、唯一の肉親である祖父を亡くし、天涯孤独となった陶芸家・大司と出会う。互いに欠けている物を補うように強く惹かれ、愛し合うようになるふたりだった。

Naomi Kawase collaborates with Shinya Arimoto, a Taiyo award-winning photographer she knows from university, to create a photo album of Machiko Ono (who Kawase scouted for her previous feature film Moe no Suzaku) and Mika Mifune (daughter of famous actor Toshiro Mifune) with the idea to contrast these two aspiring actresses, Ono coming from the rural Nara and Mifune from Tokyo. Kawase documents the photo shooting and interviews Arimoto, Ono and Mifune as the work progresses, while the tension between her and Arimoto increases over disagreement on the direction of the project.

裕美は今時の女子高生。いわゆるコギャルだ。夏休みを控えたある日、彼女は仲間の知佐、奈緒、千恵子と一緒に渋谷へ水着を買いに出かけた。ところが、そこで見つけたトパーズの指輪が欲しくてたまらなくなった彼女は、他の3人の協力を得て、デパートの閉店時間までにその代金をエンコーでゲットすることになる。やりたいことや欲しい物は、思ったときに始めたり手に入れたいしないとダメなのだ。しかし、カラオケボックスでマスカットを噛んで欲しいというオヤジや、一緒にレンタルビデオ屋に行って欲しいという変態入った青年などなど、ひどい体験ばかり。しまいには、キャプテン××のぬいぐるみと話すちょっと変わった青年と入ったラブホで、彼に暴力をふるわれ深く傷ついてしまう。結局、デパートの閉店時間に間に合わず、指輪を買うことはできなかった。しかし、家に帰った裕美は、ちょっぴり大人になっていた。

奈良県南部の山間にある小さな村。この村に鉄道を通す計画が持ち上がって15年になるが、トンネル工事に携わっていた田村孝三は、計画の中止を知らされすっかり気力を失っていた。そしてある日、孝三は失踪してしまった。残された家族は戸惑いながらもそれぞれの選択をしていく。

奈良県南部の山間にある小さな村。この村に鉄道を通す計画が持ち上がって15年になるが、トンネル工事に携わっていた田村孝三は、計画の中止を知らされすっかり気力を失っていた。そしてある日、孝三は失踪してしまった。残された家族は戸惑いながらもそれぞれの選択をしていく。

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

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

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

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

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

The film takes shape through the form of a video exchange between Hirokazu Kore-eda and Naomi Kawase. Each films the world around them and intimately reflects on their individual struggles with making films. Kore-eda self-consciously reflects on his process, “What does a camera shoot? What does a film capture? The emptiness in my life reflects in my work.” Kawase concentrates on her everyday life and candid moments with her friends, who say, “Hang in there Naomi we are all on your side,” and, “You never keep the promises you make, but I love you anyway.”

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

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

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

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

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her “grandma”, capturing their love and attachment towards each other.

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her “grandma”, capturing their love and attachment towards each other.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

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 decides to take the long way home, where he runs into Heki again.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood.