Minamata Mandala Pt. III
Asian Cinema
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1h 55m
Directed by Kazuo Hara | 115 mins | 2020
An epic group portrait of the elderly victims of Minamata disease who have spent nearly 60 years in Japanese courts fighting for recognition and compensation for their suffering from methyl mercury poisoning caused by corporate chemical dumping around their fishing village.
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