Naomi Kawase — Director (3)
The Mourning Forest (2007) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
殯の森
director: Naomi Kawase actor: Machiko Ono / Shigeki Uda
other title: 殯の森 / Der Trauerwald
A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in the titular forest.
Sweet Bean (2015) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
あん
director: Naomi Kawase actor: Kirin Kiki / Masatoshi Nagase
other title: Le ricette della signora Toku / Månen over kirsebærtræerne
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
Birth/Mother (2006) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
垂乳女
director: Naomi Kawase actor: Uno Kawase / Naomi Kawase
other title: 垂乳女
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."