Katatsumori

film by Kawase [1994]

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Katatsumori is a 1994 film by Japanese director Naomi Kawase. It is a portrait of Kawase's grandmother, who helped raise her. The film was made after Kawase graduated from the Osaka School of Photography and began her career with autobiographical documentaries. Kawase is known for her films that explore themes of family and memory, and she was the youngest person to win the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes film festival for her 1997 feature, Moe no suzaku.1

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Naomi Kawase
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 well as wrote the screenplay for Moe no suzaku, about family life in a remote Japanese village. Besides earning her the Caméra d’Or at…
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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 well as wrote the screenplay for Moe no suzaku, about family life in a remote Japanese village. Besides earning her the Caméra d’Or at…
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