
Film
The Shiranui Sea
1975 · 2h 30m · Documentary
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Overview
The sea around Minamata was heavily polluted with mercury during the 1950s and 1960s from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in the Yatsushiro Sea which, when eaten by the local populace, gave rise to Minamata disease. The disease was responsible for the deaths and disabling of thousands of residents, all around the Yatsushiro Sea. The marine ecosystem was also extensively damaged.
Cast
Crew
- Noriaki TsuchimotoEditor · Director
- Ryutaro TakagiProducer
- Masafumi IchinoseDirector of Photography
- Toru OkagakiDirector of Photography
- Koshiro OtsuDirector of Photography
- Takayuki OguriOriginal Music Composer
- Teizō MatsumuraOriginal Music Composer
- Keiko IchiharaEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 23, 1975
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
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