Minamata

The Story

Johnny Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of Minamata which had been ravaged by an outbreak of Mercury Poisoning due to gross negligence by Japan’s Chisso Corporation, the government itself, and even the Yakuza.

Rating

MA 15

Duration

115 min

Cast

Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jun Kunimura, Ryô Kase, Minami

Director

Andrew Levitas