Minamata (2020)

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

Director:

Andrew Levitas

Writers:

David Kessler, Andrew Levitas

Stars:

Akiko Iwase, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins

Cast

Credited cast:
Akiko Iwase	...	Masako Matsumura
Johnny Depp	...	W. Eugene Smith
Katherine Jenkins	...	Millie
Bill Nighy	...	Robert Hayes
Minami	...	Aileen
Tadanobu Asano	...	Tatsuo Matsumura
Ryô Kase	...	Kiyoshi (as Ryo Kase)
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Mitsuo Yamazaki
Jun Kunimura	...	Junichi Nojima
Yosuke Hosoi	...	Daiki
Lily Robinson	...	Diandra
Masayoshi Haneda	...	Enforcer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tatsuya Hirano	...	Nojima Bodyguard #1
Kenta Ogawa	...	Patient
Shunsuke Okubo	...	Japanese Man

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

war photographer | japan | poisoning | american abroad | mercury poisoning | 

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Taglines:

Let Truth Be The Prejudice

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Johnny Depp and Bill Nighy previously starred together in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End and Rango.

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Johnny Depp/Pyotr Skvortsov (2021)

User Reviews

Johnny Depp shows why he's a legendary actor.

Johnny Depp puts in an expected interesting performance but mature. It's as if he's found a different gear in his talent. This movie is powerful and strangely necessary as a result of current times. Well made and there is so much unknown talent in this movie on camera and off and one of the reasons I praised Johnny for a mature performance was because he made those around him go up a gear. Sometimes you can sense competition between actors in award contending movies but Johnny allowed others to shine as well as shining himself to a very high standard perhaps his best performance in years.

Details

Country:

UK USA United Arab Emirates

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2021 (USA)

Also Known As:

Minamata

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$159,491

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metalwork Pictures, Head Gear Films, Infinitum Nihil

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1