Kaori Oda
BIOGRAPHY
Kaori Oda, born in Osaka, Japan in 1987, is a filmmaker and artist. In 2016, she completed a Doctor of Liberal Arts in filmmaking in Sarajevo, supervised by Béla Tarr. Aragane (2015), shot in a Bosnian coal mine, premiered at Yamagata International Film Festival. Toward a Common Tenderness (2017) had its world premiere at DOK Leipzig and TS’ONOT / Cenote (2019), shot in underwater caves in Yucatán, premiered in Rotterdam. GAMA (2023) screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight and Cinéma du Réel. Oda received the Nagisa Oshima Prize in 2020 and the New Face Award of the Japanese Education Minister in 2021.
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Toward a Common Tenderness
2017-10-01Actor, Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor, Sound
Thus a Noise Speaks
2012-09-17Director, Camera Operator, Sound Mixer, Writer, Sound Editor, Editor
FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr
2025-02-15Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?
2022-01-28Director
Church of the Wind
2018-09-03Director
Aragane
2017-10-21Editor, Director of Photography, Director
GAMA
2025-06-21Director
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
2022-04-30Editor, Sound, Director, Cinematography
Night Train
2021-10-08Director
Homo Mobilitas
2022-01-01Director
colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5
2021-01-01Director
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
2023-12-27Camera Operator
Lost in Bosnia
2014-11-30Writer, Director
Underground
2025-03-01Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
Cenote
2020-09-19Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Writer
Theory of Colours: prologue
2017-01-01Director, Cinematography, Editor
TEN
2017-01-01Director
Night Cruise
2019-10-19Director
FLASH
2015-01-01Director, Cinematography
TUNE
2018-06-02Director
Conniving
2014-01-01Editor, Cinematography, Director, Writer
The Thread of Red Cocoons
2012-01-01Editor, Director, Writer
Kandachime
2024-10-19Director
Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon
2024-02-16Director
By the Sea
2024-11-23Director
Lighthouse
2024-02-02Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Recording with Mother "Working Hands"
2025-01-31Director
A Very Straight Neck
2025-08-13Director of Photography
In Their Traces
2025-10-14Cinematography
じぶん、まる！ いっぽのはなし
2025-11-08Cinematography
My Love: Six Stories of True Love
2021-04-13Cinematography
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