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
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
December 27, 2023
Cenote
September 19, 2020
Underground
March 1, 2025
Thus a Noise Speaks
September 17, 2012
Church of the Wind
September 3, 2018
Aragane
October 21, 2017
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
April 30, 2022
Toward a Common Tenderness
October 1, 2017
TEN
January 1, 2017
FLASH
January 1, 2015
Recording with Mother "Working Hands"
January 31, 2025
A Very Straight Neck
August 13, 2025
Behind the camera32
- 2026Masayume Cinematography
- 2025Jibun, Maru! Ippo no Hanashi Cinematography
- 2025In Their Traces Cinematography
- 2025A Very Straight Neck Director of Photography
- 2025GAMA Director
- 2025Underground Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- 2025FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2025Recording with Mother "Working Hands" Director
- 2024By the Sea Director
- 2024