Noriaki Tsuchimoto Movies

  • 1975
    Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

    Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

    Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

    01975HD

    A medical perspective of Minamata disease in three parts - 1) Progress of Research; 2) Pathology and Symptoms; 3) Clinical Field Trials

    Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
  • 1963
    An Engineer's Assistant

    An Engineer's Assistant

    An Engineer's Assistant

    51963HD

    "In my filmography, An Engineer’s Assistant (1963) is called my “first film.” This PR film on the safety of the Japanese National...

    An Engineer's Assistant
  • 1976
    Message from Minamata to the World

    Message from Minamata to the World

    Message from Minamata to the World

    01976HD

    An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976

    Message from Minamata to the World
  • 1980
    Fishing Moon

    Fishing Moon

    Fishing Moon

    01980HD

    Since Minamata: The Victims and Their World (1971), director Tsuchimoto Noriaki has made numerous works depicting people living in Minamata. This...

    Fishing Moon
  • 1973
    Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life

    Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life

    Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life

    01973HD

    Second film in Tsuchimoto's series on Minamata disease - the victims of Minamata disease negotiate directly with Chisso Corporation (responsible for...

    Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
  • 1999
    Minamata: The Person Who Dug the Well

    Minamata: The Person Who Dug the Well

    Minamata: The Person Who Dug the Well

    01999HD

    Documentary on the life of Teruo Kawamoto, a leader of Minamata disease activism

    Minamata: The Person Who Dug the Well
  • 2007
    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    02007HD

    Documentary about the great Japanese documentary maker Tsuchimoto Noriaki made a couple of years before his death.

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto
  • 1969
    Prehistory of the Partisans

    Prehistory of the Partisans

    Prehistory of the Partisans

    4.51969HD

    This film documents student preparations for the final phases of the 1969 protests against the renewal of the security treaty.

    Prehistory of the Partisans
  • 2003
    Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985

    Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985

    Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985

    02003HD

    The daily life of the citizens of Kabul during the civil war: the bazaar, mosques, the literacy movement awarded honors by UNESCO, women's education,...

    Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985
  • 2004
    Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected Souls

    Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected Souls

    Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected Souls

    02004HD

    In 1994, Minamata disease victims held an exhibition in Tokyo where portraits of the all 1080 people who had died of the disease by that time were...

    Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected Souls
  • 1965
    Minamata no ko wa ikiteiru

    Minamata no ko wa ikiteiru

    Minamata no ko wa ikiteiru

    01965HD

    Follows the treatment of Minamata disease patients

    Minamata no ko wa ikiteiru
  • 1968
    The World of the Siberians

    The World of the Siberians

    The World of the Siberians

    01968HD

    Tsuchimoto made this travelogue film in 1967, documenting a five-month journey from the port city of Nakhodka on the coast of the Sea of Japan, to...

    The World of the Siberians