Minamata

About Minamata

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

Minamata is a 2020 history film directed by Andrew Levitas. Released in March 2020, it runs 115 minutes.

Its themes are war photographer, japan, and mercury poisoning.

Johnny Depp appears as W. Eugene Smith, Minami as Aileen, Hiroyuki Sanada as Mitsuo Yamazaki, and Bill Nighy as Robert "Bob" Hayes. The screenplay is by Andrew Levitas and David K. Kessler. Produced by Infinitum Nihil. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 344 votes and it carries a R rating.