Film
The Minamata Mural
1981 · 1h 51m · Documentary
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Overview
After a handful of groundbreaking films detailing the tragedy and suffering of the mercury-poisoned Japanese town of Minamata, documentary master Noriaki Tsuchimoto revisits the subject of Minamata through the eyes of the celebrated husband-and-wife painting duo Iri and Toshi Maruki. Tsuchimoto follows the Marukis from their quaint homestead studio, where they paint slews of ghastly, psychotropic mural panels depicting the effects of Minamata disease, to the streets of Minamata, where they meet and paint portraits of several victims of mercury poisoning.
Cast
Crew
- Noriaki TsuchimotoEditor · Director
- Junichi SegawaDirector of Photography
- Masafumi IchinoseDirector of Photography
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Details
- Release date
- February 19, 1981
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Documentary
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