1975 · 2h 30m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Music by: Takayuki Oguri, Teizō Matsumura
Cinematography: Masafumi Ichinose, Toru Okagaki
Editor: Keiko Ichihara, Noriaki Tsuchimoto