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The Shiranui Sea

1975-01-23
7.2
ja 150m
Documentary
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.

Editor

Keiko Ichihara

Producer

Ryutaro Takagi

Editor

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Director

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Director of Photography

Masafumi Ichinose

Director of Photography

Toru Okagaki

fishing disease east asian lead

Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • Seirinsha