Poster of The Minamata Mural

The Minamata Mural

Plot: 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
Release Date: Thursday, February 19 1981
43 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Soichi ItoSoichi Ito
Soichi Ito was
>> in The Minamata Mural
as 'Narrator'.
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Toshi MarukiToshi Maruki
Toshi Maruki was
69 in The Minamata Mural
as 'Self'.
Sun, Feb 11 1912 –
Thu, Jan 13 2000
Portrait of Iri MarukiIri Maruki
Iri Maruki was
79 in The Minamata Mural
as 'Self'.
Thu, Jun 20 1901 –
Thu, Oct 19 1995

Crew

Portrait of Junichi SegawaJunichi Segawa
Junichi Segawa was
>> in The Minamata Mural
as 'Director of Photography'
Unknown Birthday –
Thu, Oct 05 1995
Portrait of Masafumi IchinoseMasafumi Ichinose
Masafumi Ichinose was
>> in The Minamata Mural
as 'Director of Photography'
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Noriaki TsuchimotoNoriaki Tsuchimoto
Noriaki Tsuchimoto was
52 in The Minamata Mural
as 'Editor, Director'
Tue, Dec 11 1928 –
Tue, Jun 24 2008
Portrait of Masahiro NishiyamaMasahiro Nishiyama
Masahiro Nishiyama was
>> in The Minamata Mural
as 'Assistant Director'
Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Toru TakemitsuToru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu was
50 in The Minamata Mural
as 'Music'
Wed, Oct 08 1930 –
Tue, Feb 20 1996