Cinematography: Kazuhiro Soda

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Plot What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these questions by observing the daily lives of people...

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Shinsuke Hirano · Koichi Watanabe · Yukiko Watanabe

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Itsuko Kishimoto · Ikuo Mikaye · Kikuyo Nishimura · Chorale Okayama

Plot MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in cinema-verite style. The...

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Kôji Fukada · Kanji Furutachi · Oriza Hirata · Hiroko Matsuda

Plot Theatre 1 is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright and director, and his theatrical company, Seinendan. By depicting them, the film...

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Masatomo Yamamoto · Yoshiko Yamamoto

Plot Dr. Yamamoto is a psychiatrist, 82 years old and about to give up his practice. In the sixties, he fought for closed psychiatric institutions to open their doors; the film...

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Waichiro Murata · Kumiko Komiyama

Plot An observational documentary about a remote Japanese fishing village.

Direction Kazuhiro Soda

Cast Kanji Furutachi · Koichiro Genba · Oriza Hirata · Seiji Maehara

Plot Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and the society...