Embracing

Diary meets cinéma vérité. A young woman documents her close bond with her grandmother while trying to locate the father who abandoned her family. Kawase's debut feature anticipates her career-long investigation into memory, family, and the camera's possibilities.

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Naomi Kawase directed Embracing in 1992. See Naomi Kawase's full filmography, where to start with Naomi Kawase, or where to go after you've seen everything by Naomi Kawase.

Embracing was released in 1992 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 40 minutes.