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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Soichi Ito, Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki
Crew: Junichi Segawa (Director of Photography), Masafumi Ichinose (Director of Photography), Noriaki Tsuchimoto (Editor), Masahiro Nishiyama (Assistant Director), Noriaki Tsuchimoto (Director), Toru Takemitsu (Music)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Seirinsha
Runtime: 111 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 19, 1981
IMDb: 10
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