Okinawa has a history of colonization by Japan and now by the United States with its military base located there. In Chikako Yamashiro’s Mud Man, the World War II battle is revitalized in the memories of the dead/sleeping people in the mud by a drop of bird shit. Awakened, they start to recognize the voices in the air, resonating with those of the Korean Jeju Island with which they share a historically traumatic experience. The vibration of hands clapping leaves the hands and reaches the ears where it is perceived as sound. The drifting sound is embodied by moving images. The “people of the soil” are people of the remnants that appear as if in a dream in the instant of the vibration of sound.