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Fishing Moon

Fishing Moon

Original Title: 海とお月さまたち

198050m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1980

Runtime

50m

Storyline

Since Minamata: The Victims and Their World (1971), director Tsuchimoto Noriaki has made numerous works depicting people living in Minamata. This work for children is a visual fantasy poetically depicting the moon that governs the ocean’s tides, the fishermen and the various fish living there.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
50m
Oct 27, 1980
Languages
Japanese
Director
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Teiji Ōmiya

Teiji Ōmiya

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