Masafumi Ichinose Trailers

Message from Minamata to the World Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976

Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist Trailer (1967)

05 December 1967

Study about a young disturbed man, who rapes and kills women and collects their bodies in a cave. A work based on the case of Yoshio Kodaira, a serial rape murder case shortly after the war.

Pineapple Tours Trailer (1992)

25 April 1992

An anthology film consisting of three linked stories by different directors, all set on an Okinawan island.

Nadya's Village Trailer (1997)

22 November 1997

Before the Chernobyl disaster, Nadja's village was home to 300 peasant families. After evacuation, only 6 households remain and access to the village is shut off.

Alexei and the Spring Trailer (2002)

20 January 2002

180 kilometers down wind of Chernobyl, the village of Budische was evacuated except for 55 older residents who refused to leave and one young man, Alexei who wanted to stay with his parents.

Tsuchimoto Noriaki Trailer (2014)

26 April 2014

Noriaki Tsuchimoto, a documentary filmmaker known for his series films on Minamata disease, travelled to Afghanistan in 1988 for the production of the film "Afghan Spiring", during which he developed alcoholism.

My Town, My Youth Trailer (1978)

07 June 1978

My Town, My Youth is an inspiring film shot twenty years after the official recognition of the disease and focuses on a group of young people (many born with the disease) as they mobilise to keep their cause visible by organising a concert by the popular enka singer Ishikawa Sayuri.

Minamata Report 1 - The Central Pollution Board Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Voices of Young Japan Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Portrait of Japanese youth. Produced for the Japan Foundation.

Singing with Nami Trailer (2006)

18 March 2006

About a woman who has lived a nomadic life playing sanshin music since the age of 9, and made her CD debut at the age of 85.

Ningen no machi Trailer (1986)

03 July 1986

Interviews with Burakumin in Osaka, victims of discrimination

Pai Pati Roma Trailer (1994)

15 October 1994

A woman follows an inner journey from island to island in search of "Pai Pati Roma"

Shigara kikara fuite kuru kaze Trailer (1991)

28 March 1991

Shiragaki is renowned for its ceramics. This documentary follows people who must overcome physical disabilities to work in the town.

Minamata no amanatsu Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

A tangerine field stretches along the seashore in Minamata. Minamata disease patients, unable to work on the sea, work hard at growing amanatsu oranges.

Take Your Time: Arayashiki Trailer (2015)

01 May 2015

This documentary was filmed at Maki, a small commune at the foot of Japan’s Northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture.

A Thousand Year Song of Baobab Trailer (2009)

14 March 2009

A documentary film taking up the long-living giant Baobab trees as its theme. It is shot by photographer Motohashi Seiichi, known as the director of Alexei and the Spring (Alexei to Izumi) and others.

The Minamata Mural Trailer (1981)

19 February 1981

After a handful of groundbreaking films detailing the tragedy and suffering of the mercury-poisoned Japanese town of Minamata, documentary master Noriaki Tsuchimoto revisits the subject of Minamata through the eyes of the celebrated husband-and-wife painting duo Iri and Toshi Maruki.

The Shiranui Sea Trailer (1975)

23 January 1975

The sea around Minamata was heavily polluted with mercury during the 1950s and 1960s from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.

ドキュメント’８９脱原発元年 Trailer (1989)

16 July 1989

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy Trailer (1975)

11 April 1975

A medical perspective of Minamata disease in three parts - 1) Progress of Research; 2) Pathology ands