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Sonoda

Sonoda

SONODA Video: Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

A silent stop-motion animation painted directly on glass, created by acclaimed director Koji Yamamura. The film presents a wordless, abstract journey through the four seasons, beginning with the delicate blossoms of spring, moving into the vibrant greens of summer, the golden hues of autumn, and finally the stark white of winter. Each season is rendered through fluid, hand-painted imagery that transforms and flows from one scene to the next, creating a meditative and purely visual experience.

Produced in 1988 early in Yamamura's career, this short piece remained largely unknown for decades. It was not publicly showcased until the director himself uploaded it to his personal YouTube channel in 2019, offering audiences a rare glimpse into his early artistic experiments. The film relies entirely on its visual and rhythmic composition to evoke the passage of time and the beauty of natural cycles, without any dialogue or sound effects beyond the accompanying music.

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