Kazuhiro SODA
Oyster Factory
牡蠣工場
Nippon Visions ½
Oyster farming in the Japanese Inland Sea is a tough business – and shucking oysters all day long in one of the factories in the small harbor town of Ushimado has become a job often done by seasonal workers from China. As a careful documentarist of human interaction, Kazuhiro SODA draws a fascinating picture of contemporary Japan that goes beyond the accustomed images of glamour and high-tech.
牡蠣工場
Oyster Factory
Japan, USA 2015
145 minutes
Director
Kazuhiro SODA
Cinematography
Kazuhiro SODA
Production
Laboratory X
World sales
Pascale Ramonda
About Kazuhiro SODA
Kazuhiro SODA was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1970 and studied at Tokyo University as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he now lives. His first documentary feature, CAMPAIGN (2007), was shown at various international festivals, including the Berlinale, and ever since then his later films have regularly premiered at festivals around the world.