Noriaki Tsuchimoto | |
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 Noriaki Tsuchimoto in 2005 | |
| Born | 11 December 1928 |
| Died | 24 June 2008 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Documentary film director |
| Known for | Minamata: The Victims and Their World |
Noriaki Tsuchimoto (土本典昭, Tsuchimoto Noriaki) (11 December 1928, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan – 24 June 2008) 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."[1]
- ^ Nornes, Abé Mark (2011). "Noriaki Tsuchimoto and the Reverse View Documentary". The Documentaries of Noriaki Tsuchimoto. Zakka Films. pp. 2–4.