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* ''Campaign'' (2007), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Mental'' (2008), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Peace'' (2010), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Theatre 1'' (2012), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Theatre 2'' (2012), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Campaign 2'' (2013), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Oyster Factory'' (2015), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''The Big House'' (2018), director/editor/producer
*''Inland Sea'' (2018), director/editor/producer
*''Zero'' (2020), director/editor/producer
Official Website
Official blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soda, Kazuhiro Japanese documentary filmmakers People from Tochigi Prefecture 1970 births Living people University of Tokyo alumni
is a Japanese documentary filmmaker and author based in
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. He is known for his observational method of documentary filmmaking.
Soda obtained a degree in religious studies from the University of Tokyo
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in 1993 and a BFA in filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts
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in New York, where he has remained since, in 1997.
Career
Soda worked as a television director forNHK
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from 1997 to 2005.
In 2005, he shot ''Campaign (Senkyo)'' (2007, 120 minutes), depicting a political campaign in Kawasaki, Japan by Kazuhiko Yamauchi, an inexperienced outsider candidate officially endorsed by the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. When completed, it was invited to the forum section of Berlin International Film Festival
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in 2007. PBS
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broadcast a 52-minute version, which won the Peabody Award
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in 2008. The TV version was broadcast under a different title, ''Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate'' as part of the '' Why Democracy?'' series, a global media event co-produced by 33 broadcasters around the world, including the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...NHK
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. The 120-minute theatrical version won the Best Documentary Award at the Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival in 2008.
From 2005 to 2007, Soda shot ''Mental (Seishin)'' (2008, 135 minutes), which focuses on the lives of patients in a small mental clinic Chorale Okayama in Japan. The film was world-premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival
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in 2008, and won the Best Documentary Award (PIFF Mecenat Award) there. It also won the Best Documentary Award at the Dubai International Film Festival
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in December 2008. Other awards include Special Jury Mention at the 2009 Miami International Film Festival
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, Outstanding Documentary Award at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival
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, and Inter-religious Jury Prize at Visions du Reel
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in 2009.
In September 2010, Soda premiered a documentary, ''Peace'' (2010, 75 minutes), as the opening film of the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
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(DMZ Docs). ''Peace'' depicts the lives of people with disabilities and cats in Okayama, Japan, and was initially commissioned by DMZ Docs as a short documentary. ''Peace'' later won the Audience Award at Tokyo Filmex
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, Buyens-Chagoll Award at Visions du Reel
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, and Best Documentary Award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
In 2009, Soda started shooting ''Theater 1'' and ''Theatre 2'', a documentary series about a playwright/theater director Oriza Hirata and his company, Seinendan. The series was world-premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2012, and won the Young Jury's Prize at the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France in 2012.
Works
Fiction films
* ''A Night in New York'' (1995), writer/director/editor * ''A Flower and a Woman'' (1995), writer/director/editor * ''Freezing Sunlight'' (1996), writer/director/editor * ''The Flicker'' (1997), writer/director/editorDocumentary films
* ''Campaign'' (2007), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Mental'' (2008), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Peace'' (2010), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Theatre 1'' (2012), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Theatre 2'' (2012), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Campaign 2'' (2013), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''Oyster Factory'' (2015), writer/director/editor/producer
* ''The Big House'' (2018), director/editor/producer
*''Inland Sea'' (2018), director/editor/producer
*''Zero'' (2020), director/editor/producer
Books
* ''Mental Illness and Mosaic'' (Chuohoki Publishing), 2009 * ''The Reason Why I Make Documentaries'' (Kodansha Publishing), 2010 * ''Theatre vs. Film - Can a Documentary Capture Fiction?'' (Iwanami Publishing), 2012References
External links
Official Website
Official blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soda, Kazuhiro Japanese documentary filmmakers People from Tochigi Prefecture 1970 births Living people University of Tokyo alumni