Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil
1960, Japanese. Directed by Shinkichi Noda & Tetsuro Onoma.
This film takes us into the microscopic world of the plankton that mass in the oceans. Their bodies ultimately turn to marine snow and accumulate on the ocean floor where, across vast time spans, they transform into crude oil.
- Runtime
- 0h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 1960
- Original title
- マリン・スノー 石油の起源
- Country
- Japan
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Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil runs 25 minutes (0h 25m).
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Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1960. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil?
Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil (1960) was directed by Shinkichi Noda and Tetsuro Onoma.