

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Johnny Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of Minamata which had been ravaged by an outbreak of Mercury Poisoning due to gross negligence by Japan’s Chisso Corporation, the government itself, and even the Yakuza.
- Director
- Andrew Levitas
- Cast
- Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jun Kunimura, Ryô KaseMinami
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating
- MA (Strong themes)
- Release Date
- 3 June 2021
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Language
- English