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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Junichi Segawa
Director of Photography
Masafumi Ichinose
Director of Photography
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Editor
Masahiro Nishiyama
Assistant Director
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Director
Toru Takemitsu
Music