Personal Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Place of BirthOsaka Prefecture, Japan
Career Span2012 – Present (15 yrs)
Known Credits30 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 0.5
Kaori Oda
Total Works
30
28 movies • 1 shows
Avg Rating
7.8 / 10
across rated releases
Box Office
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worldwide gross
Global Reach
#1
TMDB star index
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.
