Noriaki Tsuchimoto
An image from Minamata: The Victims and Their World, one of the productions that also features Noriaki Tsuchimoto.
Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

December 11, 1928 — Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Noriaki Tsuchimoto was a Japanese documentary film director known for his films on Minamata disease and examinations of the effects of modernization on Asia. Tsuchimoto and Shinsuke Ogawa have been called the "two figures [that] tower over the landscape of Japanese documentary."

Minamata: The Victims and Their World

Minamata: The Victims and Their World

1971

She and He

She and He

1963

The Shiranui Sea

The Shiranui Sea

1975

Cuban Lover

Cuban Lover

1969

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1961

Prehistory of the Partisans

Prehistory of the Partisans

1969

On the Road : A Document

On the Road : A Document

1964

An Engineer's Assistant

An Engineer's Assistant

1963