Kaori Oda

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

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.

Production

2018

2017

Aragane

as Editor

2017

Aragane

as Director of Photography

2025

GAMA

as Director

2022

2022

Karaoke Cafe BOSA

as Cinematography

2022

2022

2021

Night Train

as Director

2017

Aragane

as Director

2022

Homo Mobilitas

as Director

2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

as Camera Operator

2017

2014

2014

Lost in Bosnia

as Director

2025

Underground

as Director

2020

Cenote

as Director

2020

Cenote

as Director of Photography

2020

Cenote

as Writer

2020

Cenote

as Editor

2020

Cenote

as Producer

2019

Night Cruise

as Director

2017

2017

TEN

as Director

2015

FLASH

as Cinematography

2014

Conniving

as Director

2014

Conniving

as Cinematography

2014

Conniving

as Editor

2015

FLASH

as Director

2014

Conniving

as Writer

2018

TUNE

as Director

2010

Thus a Noise Speaks

as Sound Mixer

2010

Thus a Noise Speaks

as Camera Operator

2010

2010

2010

Thus a Noise Speaks

as Sound Editor

2010

2024

Kandachime

as Director

2025

FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr

as Director of Photography

2025

Underground

as Director of Photography

2025

Underground

as Editor

2025

Underground

as Writer

2024

By the Sea

as Director

2024

Lighthouse

as Director

2024

Lighthouse

as Director of Photography

2024

Lighthouse

as Editor

2025

A Very Straight Neck

as Director of Photography

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