The Minamata Mural 1981
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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.
- Released: 1981-02-19
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Soichi Ito, Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki
- Director: Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Toru Takemitsu, Junichi Segawa, Masafumi Ichinose, Noriaki Tsuchimoto