不知火海
/
Shiranui Sea
director:
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
/
小池征人
/
有馬澄雄
/
一之瀬紘子
/
岡垣享
actor:
Soichi Ito
/
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
genre:
Documentary
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 2h 33m
release date: 1975-01-23
IMDb: tt0374217
不知火海
Overview
The sea around Minamata was heavily polluted with mercury during the 1950s and 1960s from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in the Yatsushiro Sea which, when eaten by the local populace, gave rise to Minamata disease. The disease was responsible for the deaths and disabling of thousands of residents, all around the Yatsushiro Sea. The marine ecosystem was also extensively damaged.