Directed credits
24
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Kaori Oda
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 24Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29
TMDB ID: 1526752
IMDb ID: nm4733973
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2012 - 2025
Years active: 14
Wikidata: Q96104294
Frequent jobs
Director (21)Director of Photography (3)Cinematography (3)Camera Operator (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Kaori Oda.
6.0
A Very Straight Neck
Director of Photography
2025 Movie
GAMA
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Underground
Director
2025 Movie
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Recording with Mother "Working Hands"
Director
2025 Movie
Black Red Ultramarine White Lemon
Director
2024 Movie
Lighthouse
Director
2024 Movie
7.0
Karaoke Cafe BOSA
Director
2022 Movie
Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?
Director
2022 Movie
Homo Mobilitas
Director
2022 Movie
Night Train
Director
2021 Movie
colere-ON: Sep 27 - Oct 5
Director
2021 Movie
5.0
Cenote
Director of Photography
2020 Movie
Night Cruise
Director
2019 Movie
6.0
Church of the Wind
Director
2018 Movie
TUNE
Director
2018 Movie
6.0
Aragane
Director of Photography
2017 Movie
6.0
Toward a Common Tenderness
Director
2017 Movie
7.0
TEN
Director
2017 Movie
Theory of Colours: prologue
Director
2017 Movie
8.0
FLASH
Director
2015 Movie
Conniving
Director
2014 Movie
3.5
Thus a Noise Speaks
Director
2012 Movie
The Thread of Red Cocoons
Director
2012 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Kaori Oda.
7.8
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
Camera Operator
2023 Movie
6.0
Underground
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Aragane
Director of Photography
2017 Movie
GAMA
Director
2025 Movie
In Their Traces
Cinematography
2025 Movie
5.0
Cenote
Director of Photography
2020 Movie
8.0
FLASH
Director
2015 Movie
FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR
Director
2025 Movie
Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?
Director
2022 Movie
6.0
A Very Straight Neck
Director of Photography
2025 Movie
Lighthouse
Director
2024 Movie
Lost in Bosnia
Writer
2014 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Kaori Oda.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Kaori Oda.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Kaori Oda.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Kaori Oda.