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The Shiranui Sea (1975)
Directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Documentary · 2h 30m
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
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Crew
- Director
- Noriaki Tsuchimoto
- Director of Photography
- Masafumi Ichinose, Toru Okagaki, Koshiro Otsu
- Original Music Composer
- Takayuki Oguri, Teizō Matsumura
- Editor
- Keiko Ichihara, Noriaki Tsuchimoto
- Producer
- Ryutaro Takagi
Details
- Original title
- 不知火海
- Release date
- 1975-01-23
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Seirinsha