Movie
Minamata
Overview
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-03-13
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metalwork Pictures, Infinitum Nihil, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Work in Progress
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom, Serbia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Johnny Depp as W. Eugene Smith
- Minami as Aileen
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Mitsuo Yamazaki
- Bill Nighy as Robert "Bob" Hayes
- Jun Kunimura as Junichi Nojima
- Ryo Kase as Kiyoshi
- Tadanobu Asano as Tatsuo Matsumura
- Akiko Iwase as Masako Matsumura
- Katherine Jenkins as Millie
- Lily Robinson as Diandra
- Ayumi Takano
- Hikaru Inagawa as Giichi Matsushima
Crew
- Andrew Levitas - Director
- Jason Forman - Screenplay
- David K. Kessler - Screenplay
- Stephen Deuters - Screenplay
- Andrew Levitas - Screenplay
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