The Minamata Mural

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Soichi Ito

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Toshi Maruki

Self

Age : 87 | Popularity : 0%

Iri Maruki

Self

Age : 94 | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Noriaki Tsuchimoto
	Assistant Director	Masahiro Nishiyama
Sound	Music	Toru Takemitsu
Camera	Director of Photography	Junichi Segawa Masafumi Ichinose
Editing	Editor	Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Department	Role	Name

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