Soichi Ito
Also Known As: 伊藤惣一
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Department: Acting
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Message from Minamata to the World
Overview: An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Yuntanza Okinawa
Overview: 38 years after the Pacific War, 84 victims of a mass suicide ordered by the Japanese military were uncovered in a cave in Yomitan village. This film contains the testimonies of some of the survivors, the story of a sculptor leading bereaved family members in creating a statue of peace, and the resistance of a group of girls against the raising of the Japanese flag at the high school graduation ceremony.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Ningen no machi
Overview: Interviews with Burakumin in Osaka, victims of discrimination
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-03
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The Shiranui Sea
Overview: 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. The disease was responsible for the deaths and disabling of thousands of residents, all around the Yatsushiro Sea. The marine ecosystem was also extensively damaged.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-01-23
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The Minamata Mural
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-02-19
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The Gentle Japanese
Overview: A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-05
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