Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Directing·December 11, 1928·† June 24, 2008 — 79 years old·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."
Known For
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971·7.3
She and He
1963·6.8
The Shiranui Sea
1975·7.7
Bad Boys
1961·6.7
Prehistory of the Partisans
1969·5.6
Cuban Lover
1969·6.8
An Engineer's Assistant
1964·5.5
On the Road: A Document
1964·6.0
Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985
2003·10.0
Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
2003·9.0
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002·10.0
Nuclear Scrapbook
1982·9.0
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2014Tsuchimoto NoriakiSelf2007Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto2004Minamata Diary: Visiting Resurrected SoulsEditor · Director2003Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985Director2003Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988Writer · Director2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productionshimself1999Minamata: The Person Who Dug the WellDirector1989Afghan SpringDirector1987Minamata — These 30 YearsDirector1987Hiroshima no pikaDirector1984Bursting Balsam Flower: My Chikuho, My KoreaDirector1984The Stolen SeaDirector1982Nuclear ScrapbookDirector1981The Minamata MuralEditor · Director1980Fishing MoonDirector1979Voices of Young JapanWriter · Director1978My Town, My YouthDirector1976Message from Minamata to the WorldDirector1975Minamata Disease: A TrilogyDirector · Editor1975The Shiranui SeaSelf - Interviewer (uncredited) · Editor · Director1973Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for LifeDirector1973Minamata Report 1 - The Central Pollution BoardDirector1971Minamata: The Victims and Their WorldDirector1969Prehistory of the PartisansDirector1969Cuban LoverProducer1968The World of the SiberiansDirector1965Minamata no ko wa ikiteiruDirector1965Exchange Student Chua Swee LinDirector1964An Engineer's AssistantDirector · Writer · Screenplay1964On the Road: A DocumentDirector1963She and HeEditor1961Bad BoysAssistant Director