Embracing

film by Kawase [1992]

Also known as: “Ni tsutsumarete”

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Embracing (1992) is a film by Japanese director Naomi Kawase. It is an autobiographical documentary where Kawase searches for her father, whom she had not seen since her parents divorced in her early childhood. This film marked the beginning of her career in filmmaking, focusing on personal and familial themes that would continue to be explored in her later works. Kawase is known for her debut feature film, Moe no suzaku (1997), for which she won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes film festival.1

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…first effort, Ni tsutsumarete (1992; Embracing), documented her search to find her father, whom she had not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood. Her second film, Katatsumori (1994), was a portrait of her grandmother, who had helped to rear Kawase. Turning to full-length features, Kawase directed as…
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…first effort, Ni tsutsumarete (1992; Embracing), documented her search to find her father, whom she had not seen since her parents divorced during her early childhood. Her second film, Katatsumori (1994), was a portrait of her grandmother, who had helped to rear Kawase. Turning to full-length features, Kawase directed as…
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