Ryutaro Takagi

Movies

Minamata — These 30 Years
Producer
A record of the stories of patients suffering from Minamata disease, 30 years after its discovery
Message from Minamata to the World
Producer
An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976
The Shiranui Sea
Producer
The sea around Minamata was heavily polluted with mercury during the 1950s and 1960s from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in the Yatsushiro Sea which, when eaten by the local populace, gave rise to Minamata disease. The disease was responsible for the deaths and disabling of thousands of residents, all around the Yatsushiro Sea. The marine ecosystem was also extensively damaged.
A Japanese Demon
Producer
Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
Producer
Second film in Tsuchimoto's series on Minamata disease - the victims of Minamata disease negotiate directly with Chisso Corporation (responsible for dumping toxic water into Minamata Bay) for life-long medical care and compensation.
Minamata Report 1 - The Central Pollution Board
Producer
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Producer
The first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.
The Gentle Japanese
Executive Producer
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Okinawa Islands
Producer
A film documenting life in Okinawa under the domination of American military bases