Director Kawase Naomi (39) has taken first honors for Japan at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. On Thursday night she became the first Japanese director to be awarded the meritorious Carrosse d’Or prize, given as part of the festival’s Directors’ Fortnight. Before the ceremony, there was a screening of a re-edited version of Kawase’s 2000 feature “Hotaru.” Though less well known than many of her male counterparts, Kawase has a very strong track record at Cannes. She won the Camera D’Or prize for best first feature film in 1997 with “Moe no Suzaku” and in 2007 she took the Grand Prix with “Mogari no Mori” (The Mourning Forest). Elsewhere in this year’s festival, Koreeda Hirokazu’s “Kuki Ningyo” (Air Doll) will be screened in the Un Certain Regard category. It’s about a video store clerk falling for an inflatable female doll. “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo,” from Spaniard Isabel Coixet, stars Sergi Lopez and the busy Kikuchi Rinko. Set in Tokyo, the movie features both English and Japanese dialog.