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Peace

  • Director(s):
    Kazuhiro Soda
    Producer(s):
    Kazuhiro Soda
    • Japan, United States, South Korea
    • 2010
    • 75 min
    • HDCAM 1080/59.94i
    • Japanese

Toshio Kashiwagi is used to caring for outsiders. For forty years he has worked with the disabled, heading a special needs school in Okayama prefecture. Now 73, he runs a special taxi service, which never makes a profit, but is rewarding in the long-term friendships it yields with his customers. In his spare time he looks after his collection of motley stray cats, keeping a close eye on the outsider tomcat trying to invade it. His wife Hiroki runs a charity that sends home helpers to visit the elderly and disabled. One of her charges is 91-year-old Shiro Hashimoto. He is dying from lung cancer, even though he still smokes his “Peace” brand government-issued cigarettes, and muses about his days as a soldier. By taking his camera into the most anonymous corners of Japanese life, rising doc star Kazuhiro Soda has crafted a simply told, absorbing study of compassionate coexistence.

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Official Website:
www.laboratoryx.us/peace
Festivals:
DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival 2010, Vancouver International Film Festival 2010, Tokyo Filmex 2010, Dubai International Film Festival 2010
Awards:
Audience Award, Tokyo Filmex
Best Documentary Award, Hong Kong International Film Festival
Buyens-Chagoll Prize , Visions du Reel
The Best Documentary Award , Hong Kong International Film Festival
Buyens-Chagoll Prize , Visions du Reel

Credits

Associate Producer:
Kiyoko Kashiwagi 

Director Filmography

  • 2008, Mental
  • 2007, Campaign
  • 1997, The Flicker
  • 1996, Freezing Sunlight
  • 1995, A Night in New York

Contact

Irena Taskovski

Taskovski Films

irena@taskovskifilms.com