Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Noriaki Tsuchimoto (Japanese土 本 典 昭, Tsuchimoto Noriaki; born December 11, 1928 in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, † 24 June 2008) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor.

He paid particular attention to the Minamata disease and its victims, which he made ​​several documentaries: Minamata - Kanja -san to sono sekai (水 俣-患者 さん と その 世界, literally: " Minamata - the victims and their world ", 1971), Minamata Ikki - Issho o Tou hitobito (水 俣 一 揆-一生 を 問う 人 々, literally: " the Minamata uprising - people wonder all their lives "; 1973), Minamata Report I: Jitsuroku Kōchōi (水俣 レポートI実 录 公 调 委, 1973), Igaku no toshite Minamata byō (医学 として の 水俣病, such as: " the medicine and the Minamata disease ", 1975), Minamata (水俣 の 図 物語, Minamata no to: Monogatari, literally, " a portrait Minamata: a story "; 1981) and Minamata byō: Sono 30 functions (水俣病 その30年, literally: " Minamata disease: 30 years ', 1987).

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Director

Screenwriter