The Minamata Mural
1981, Japanese. Directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto.
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.
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- 1h 51m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 19 February 1981
- Original title
- 水俣の図 物語
- Country
- Japan
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The Minamata Mural runs 111 minutes (1h 51m).
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Who directed The Minamata Mural?
The Minamata Mural (1981) was directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto and stars Soichi Ito, Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki.