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The film stars Johnny Depp (who also produced) as W. Eugene Smith, an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020.
Apr 8, 2021 · Minamata: Directed by Andrew Levitas. With Akiko Iwase, Kogarashi Wakasugi, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins. War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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- Drama
- Andrew Levitas
- 2021-04-08
Feb 11, 2022 · What looks like it will be his final commission for Life sends Smith to the city of Minamata, Japan, which has been slowly poisoned for years by a company called Chisso; they've been dumping mercury into the water supply, leading to a severe neurological disease. First discovered in 1956, Minamata Disease has impacted thousands of people, and ...
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Dec 15, 2021 · After receiving one final assignment from Life Magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy), Eugene must travel to the Japanese coastal city of Minamata, which has been ravaged by mercury poisoning.
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- Andrew Levitas
- R
- Johnny Depp
In 1971, the American photographer W. Eugene Smith is famous for his numerous photographic essays published in Life, but he becomes a recluse. While on a separate assignment, a passionate Japanese translator, Aileen, urges Smith to visit Minamata to photograph and document the disease.
Feb 10, 2022 · In the biographical drama “Minamata,” Johnny Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, an acclaimed and innovative photojournalist who by the early 1970s — according to the movie, anyway — had...
