Minamata(Movie, 2020)

Name: Minamata
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2020
Duration: T01:55:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 55min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 105 votes)

Minamata is a 2020 biographical drama film directed by Andrew Levitas, based on the book of the same name by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith. The film stars Johnny Depp (who also produced) as W. Eugene Smith, an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2022, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the film ranked third place in the Oscars Fan Favorite contest. ()

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About Minamata

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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Trailer for Minamata + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Minamata - North American Trailer - starring Johnny Depp(Trailer, 2:12)

Minamata - North American Trailer - starring Johnny Depp (Trailer) | Minamata | Official International Trailer | In Cinemas 2021 (Trailer) | Minamata new clip official from Berlin Film Festival 2020 - 1/3 (Trailer)

Additional Information

Production countries: United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), Japan, Serbia, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Japan

Made by: Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Infinitum Nihil, Kreo Films FZ, Work in Progress, Metalwork Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA)

Translated into 27 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 03/13/2020

Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Bill Nighy, Tadanobu Asano, Katherine Jenkins, Johnny Depp, Minami, Jun Kunimura, Ryō Kase

Director: Andrew Levitas

Producer: Johnny Depp

Screenwriter: David Kessler

Film Editor: Nathan Nugent

Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme

Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"毒水曝光"

"Великий"

"Минамата"

"惡水真相"

Keywords: mercury poisoning, japan, war photographer

Revenue: 1,623,809 USD

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