Kaori Oda Movies

  • 2023
    Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

    Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

    Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

    8.22023HD

    “Ars longa, vita brevis” – art is long, life is short. This is one of Japanese music icon Ryuichi Sakamoto’s favorite quotes,...

    Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
  • 2024
    Underground

    Underground

    Underground

    02024HD

    The "shadow" begins to see fragmented memories that transcend time and place. In an underground, it touches and listens carefully to the memories of...

    Underground
  • 2024
    FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr

    FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr

    FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr

    02024HD

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

    FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr
  • 2019
    Cenote

    Cenote

    Cenote

    4.72019HD

    Cenotes—sources of water that in ancient Mayan civilization were said to connect the real world and the afterlife. The past and present of the...

    Cenote
  • 2024
    Kandachime

    Kandachime

    Kandachime

    02024HD

    Kandachime
  • 2015
    Aragane

    Aragane

    Aragane

    62015HD

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

    Aragane
  • 2022
    Karaoke Cafe BOSA

    Karaoke Cafe BOSA

    Karaoke Cafe BOSA

    02022HD

    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...

    Karaoke Cafe BOSA
  • 2021
    Night Train

    Night Train

    Night Train

    02021HD

    A train runs at night. Goldfish float in passenger’s dreams.

    Night Train
  • 2014
    Conniving

    Conniving

    Conniving

    02014HD

    A cowherd, sheep, and the wind, all have an equal presence in the village. Death and life are one and indivisible.

    Conniving
  • 2014
    Lost in Bosnia

    Lost in Bosnia

    Lost in Bosnia

    02014HD

    The experiment presents a cinematic poem to filmmaking and film itself. Directed by eleven filmmakers, all under the vision of Bela Tarr's...

    Lost in Bosnia
  • 2017
    Toward a Common Tenderness

    Toward a Common Tenderness

    Toward a Common Tenderness

    62017HD

    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...

    Toward a Common Tenderness
  • 2023
    GAMA

    GAMA

    GAMA

    02023HD

    A storyteller of peace serves as a guide in the “Gama”—natural caves where many local people lost their lives during the Battle of...

    GAMA
  • 2022
    Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

    Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

    Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?

    02022HD

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

    Would You Like to Go to the Cinema Today?
  • 2010
    Thus a Noise Speaks

    Thus a Noise Speaks

    Thus a Noise Speaks

    2.52010HD

    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...

    Thus a Noise Speaks
  • 2018
    Church of the Wind

    Church of the Wind

    Church of the Wind

    62018HD

    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...

    Church of the Wind
  • 2012
    The Thread of Red Cocoons

    The Thread of Red Cocoons

    The Thread of Red Cocoons

    02012HD

    A short film about the "hand" that connect our world and the other side, under the background of "Matsuage" in Kyoto.

    The Thread of Red Cocoons
  • 2019
    Night Cruise

    Night Cruise

    Night Cruise

    02019HD

    A moving image work from director Kaori Oda.

    Night Cruise
  • 2017
    TEN

    TEN

    TEN

    02017HD

    Old 8mm family film and images of fireworks combined together.

    TEN
  • 2015
    FLASH

    FLASH

    FLASH

    02015HD

    In a train from Sarajevo to Zagreb, looking at the landscape of the foreign country from a window, I somehow felt nostalgic and a question crossed my...

    FLASH
  • 2017
    Theory of Colours: prologue

    Theory of Colours: prologue

    Theory of Colours: prologue

    02017HD

    “Light and darkness, brightness and obscurity, or if a more general expression is preferred, light and its absence, are necessary to the...

    Theory of Colours: prologue