16 minutes of clay soldiers melting in hell — you'll never forget it.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion soldiers literally dissolve before your eyes — no CGI, just craft.
Direction
Dan Blank spent years animating his own nightmares.
Sound
Creaking wood, wet clay, whispered Japanese — audio as burial rite.
Director
Dan Blank
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dan Blank animated this solo over four years while working day jobs, destroying and resculpting figures for each frame of decay.
The film references real 'holdouts' like Hiroo Onoda who fought WWII until 1974 — Blank turns patriotic myth into clay rot.
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