OBA ELECTROPLATING FACTORY HCOba Electroplating Factory is a startlingly bleak but nonetheless captivating portrait of mid century Japan in its most unglamorous iteration. Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries pepper the narrative landscape: Tsuge's stories are studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement in such a way that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own.