Masato Koike

Movies

Another Life
Director
Centers on a support group for alcoholics and their families
Menda Sakae: Gokuchu no Sei
Director
A documentary about Menda Sakae, a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 34 years.
Senso Daughters
Editor
Senso Daughters focuses on the legacy of the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. It is a legacy that arises from rape, starvation and terror. Sekiguchi's documentary lets the residents of Papua New Guinea, especially the women, tell the story of their three years under Japanese Army rule.
Ningen no machi
Director
Interviews with Burakumin in Osaka, victims of discrimination
Minamata no amanatsu
Director
A tangerine field stretches along the seashore in Minamata. Minamata disease patients, unable to work on the sea, work hard at growing amanatsu oranges.
My Town, My Youth
Director
My Town, My Youth is an inspiring film shot twenty years after the official recognition of the disease and focuses on a group of young people (many born with the disease) as they mobilise to keep their cause visible by organising a concert by the popular enka singer Ishikawa Sayuri.
Message from Minamata to the World
Director
An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976
Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
Director
A medical perspective of Minamata disease in three parts - 1) Progress of Research; 2) Pathology and Symptoms; 3) Clinical Field Trials
Minamata Report 1 - The Central Pollution Board
Director