Documentary · Japan · 1970 · 49m

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

苦海浄土

Synopsis

In this program based on the book of the same name by Ishimure Michiko, Kitabayashi Tanie plays “Goze,” a blind wandering performer who drifts around the stricken region of Minamata in the wake of methylmercury contamination.

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