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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the book Minamata by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith
About a celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse. Between an impassioned Japanese translator called Aileen urging him to go and a much-needed commission from "Life" Magazine editor Ralph Graves, Smith is finally convinced to journey back to Japan to expose the devastating annihilation of a coastal community, victims of corporate greed and complicit local police and government. Armed with only his trusted Nikon camera, Smith must find the images that will bring this story to the World. MINAMATA is a moving redemptive story of how one man's powerful photograph impacted the world, yet to find it he had to open his heart
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Director of photography, Benoît Delhomme ; editor, Nathan Nugent ; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Johnny Depp, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jun Kunimura, Minami, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano, Akiko Iwase, Bill Nighy
MPA rating: R; for language throughout
DVD, region 1, NTSC; wide screen; Dolby digital 5.1 or stereo
English and Japanese dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)