Oda Kaori’s “Underground”: Sound and Images Open New Doors to Perception

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Underground, Oda’s most recent film. (© 2024 Trixta)

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Underground. (© 2024 Trixta)

Aragane. (© Oda Kaori)

Cenote. (© Oda Kaori)

In Underground, Oda’s camera chases the shadows appearing underground. (© 2024 Trixta)

Dancer Yoshigai Nao brought opened new horizons for Oda’s cinematographic vision. (© 2024 Trixta)

Oda’s 53-minute-long medium-length feature Gama was filmed mainly inside a cave (gama in the local tongue) in Okinawa. (© 2024 Trixta)

Matsunaga Mitsuo, a storyteller of Okinawa’s war experience, guided Oda to the gama. Since 1988, he has been a peace education guide and has worked to recover human remains on the island. (© 2024 Trixta)

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(© Igarashi Kazuharu)