水俣曼荼羅 (2020): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2020, 水俣曼荼羅 is a documental film directed by Kazuo Hara, running about 373 minutes.

What it’s about. After years of dumping industrial wastes from the factory to the ocean, Chisso Chemical Corporation contaminated the area of a small Japanese fishing village with excessive amounts of methylmercury. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in fishes of the local water, which when consumed by the local populace resulted in mercury poisoning. In 1977, Minamata disease certification criteria was set by a strange method that tried not to recognize the rights of environmental disease patients. However, an Osaka court won the case for some patients because of a newly developed theory by medical doctors’ recent experiments and proofs. For decades, these patients struggled within the Japanese judicial system for their rights to receive compensation as victims of environmental disease. Those different aspects of these patients’ lives have been filmed by director Hara for the last 15 years, inspired by the late director Tsuchimoto’s documentary MINAMATA: THE VICTIMS AND THEIR WORLD (1971).

Who’s in it. 水俣曼荼羅 stars Akihito as Self (archive footage).

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 水俣曼荼羅 page.

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