Minamata (1971)

19 Sep 1974 • Documentary • 1h 45m

In the small town of Minamata in, the fertilizer company Chisso built a factory to take advantage of cheap labor and commenced dumping mercury-filled wastewater into the nearby sea. Soon residents began exhibiting symptoms of a mysterious illness...

Noriaki Tsuchimoto
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Language: Japanese
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Country: Japan
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7.5

IMDb (198 votes)