Kaori Oda
Directing
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
Directing26
movieGAMA
2025
Director
movieUnderground
2025
Director
By the Sea
2024
Director
Kandachime
2024
Director
movieLighthouse
2024
Director
movieKaraoke Cafe BOSA
2022
Director
movieHomo Mobilitas
2022
Director
movieNight Train
2021
Director
movieCenote
2020
Director
movieNight Cruise
2019
Director
movieChurch of the Wind
2018
Director
movieTUNE
2018
Director
movieAragane
2017
Director
movieTEN
2017
Director
movieFLASH
2015
Director
movieLost in Bosnia
2014
Director
movieConniving
2014
Director
movieThus a Noise Speaks
2012
Director
Editing11
movieUnderground
2025
Editor
movieLighthouse
2024
Editor
movieCenote
2020
Editor
movieAragane
2017
Editor
movieConniving
2014
Editor
Crew9
movieMasayume
2026
Cinematography
movieJibun, Maru! Ippo no Hanashi
2025
Cinematography
movieIn Their Traces
2025
Cinematography
movieKaraoke Cafe BOSA
2022
Cinematography
tvMy Love: Six Stories of True Love
2021
Cinematography
movieToward a Common Tenderness
2017
Cinematography
movieTheory of Colours: prologue
2017
Cinematography
movieFLASH
2015
Cinematography
movieConniving
2014
Cinematography
Camera8
movieA Very Straight Neck
2025
Director of Photography
movieUnderground
2025
Director of Photography
movieFUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
2025
Director of Photography
movieLighthouse
2024
Director of Photography
movieRyuichi Sakamoto | Opus
2023
Camera Operator
movieCenote
2020
Director of Photography
movieAragane
2017
Director of Photography
movieThus a Noise Speaks
2012
Camera Operator
Writing7
Acting3
Sound3
movieThus a Noise Speaks
2012
Sound Mixer, Sound Editor
Production1
movieCenote
2020
Producer