The Shiranui Sea
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.
The Shiranui Sea
January 23, 1975
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Soichi Ito
Narrator (voice)
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
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Directing
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Director
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Ryutaro Takagi
Producer
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Masafumi Ichinose
Director of Photography
Koshiro Otsu
Director of Photography
Toru Okagaki
Director of Photography
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Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Editor
Keiko Ichihara
Editor