Kaori Oda
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
Masayume 2026
Cinematography
Jibun, Maru! Ippo no Hanashi 2025
Cinematography
In Their Traces 2025
Cinematography
A Very Straight Neck 2025
Director of Photography
GAMA 2025
Director
Underground 2025
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR 2025
Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Recording with Mother "Working Hands" 2025
Director
- By the Sea
By the Sea 2024
Director
- Kandachime
Kandachime 2024
Director
Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon 2024
Director
Lighthouse 2024
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus 2023
Camera Operator
Karaoke Cafe BOSA 2022
Director, Cinematography, Sound, Editor
Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today? 2022
Director
Homo Mobilitas 2022
Director
Night Train 2021
Director
colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5 2021
Director
Cenote 2020
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
Night Cruise 2019
Director
Church of the Wind 2018
Director
TUNE 2018
Director
Aragane 2017
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
Toward a Common Tenderness 2017
as Herself, Director, Sound, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
TEN 2017
Director
Theory of Colours: prologue 2017
Cinematography, Editor, Director
- It Could Be a Film
It Could Be a Film 2016
Director of Photography
FLASH 2015
Cinematography, Director
Lost in Bosnia 2014
Writer, Director
Conniving 2014
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
Thus a Noise Speaks 2012
Actor, Sound Mixer, Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Sound Editor, Writer
The Thread of Red Cocoons 2012
Director, Writer, Editor
Credits from TMDB.