Kaori Oda

Directing

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Toward a Common Tenderness

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Moments in the life of a young Japanese filmmaker in Bosnia, charged with acoustic and visual poetry. Buoyant and essayistic entries in a process of self- and world-reassurance.

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Toward a Common Tenderness

Herself

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Thus a Noise Speaks

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When Kacchi came back home for summer break from abroad, she came out to her family as a homosexual. Her mother and father couldn't take it and answered in negative. Though Kacchi had a depression for their reactions, she decided to face her family again throughout a filmmaking about the 'coming-out'.

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Thus a Noise Speaks

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FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

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This film documents the "FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR", a filmmaking workshop in Fukushima conducted by esteemed Hungarian filmmaker Tarr Béla.

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FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

Production

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Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

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An omnibus movie produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Motomachi Eigakan.

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Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

Director

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Church of the Wind

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Recorded the restoration work done for the reopening of Tadao Ando's "Chapel of the Wind" in Rokko, Kobe. It tells the length of time by showing the mold and moss that eroded the concrete. When the closed door is opened, the stopped time starts flowing again.

Aragane

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Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns.

Aragane

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Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns.

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Aragane

Director of Photography

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GAMA

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A storyteller of peace serves as a guide in the “Gama”—natural caves where many local people lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa. The woman in blue standing by his side represents the intersection of the present and the past.

Karaoke Cafe BOSA

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Karaoke Cafe BOSA is located in the suburbs of Osaka. It’s a place where elderly neighbors gather to chat and sing. The film captures BOSA in these days of unrest as a time capsule of the Anthropocene.