Noriaki TSUCHIMOTO

Minamata - The Victims And Their World

水俣ー患者さんとその世界



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Noriaki TSUCHIMOTO’s documentary follows the victims of Minamata disease in a four-year trial against the company Chisso which was pumping highly toxical mercury into the sea over decades. Even today the film has not lost its shocking power.

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Minamata - The Victims And Their World (NC 2012)

水俣ー患者さんとその世界


Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

Japan 1971

120 minutes

Director
Noriaki TSUCHIMOTO

Cinematography
Koshiro OTSU, Masahi ICHINOSE

Production
Kansai Ogawa Productions, Ogawa Productions

World sales
Athenée Français Cultural Center

About Noriaki TSUCHIMOTO

Noriaki TSUCHIMOTO (1928-2008) studied at Waseda University and joined radical student groups. He is considered one of Japan's most important political documentary filmmakers and was best known for his films about the effects of Minamata disease.

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