The Minamata Mural

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

111 minutes

Year:

1981

Director:

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

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Company:

Seirinsha

Cast:

Narrator

Self

Self

Crew:

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Editor

Assistant Director

Director