Kaori Oda
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
Acting
(2017)
Toward a Common Tenderness
as Herself
(2010)
Crew
(2025)
GAMA
Director
(2025)
Underground
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
(2025)
FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2025)
(2024)
Kandachime
Director
(2024)
(2024)
By the Sea
Director
(2024)
Lighthouse
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2023)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
Camera Operator
(2022)
(2022)
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound
(2022)
Homo Mobilitas
Director
(2021)
Night Train
Director
(2021)
colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5
Director
(2020)
Cenote
Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(2019)
Night Cruise
Director
(2018)
Church of the Wind
Director
(2018)
TUNE
Director
(2017)
Aragane
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
(2017)
Toward a Common Tenderness
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Sound, Writer
(2017)
Theory of Colours: prologue
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2017)
TEN
Director
(2015)
FLASH
Director, Cinematography
(2014)
Lost in Bosnia
Writer, Director
(2014)
Conniving
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
(2012)
The Thread of Red Cocoons
Director, Writer, Editor
(2010)
Thus a Noise Speaks
Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Mixer, Sound Editor, Camera Operator