Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Born: 1928-12-11

Birthplace: Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Noriaki Tsuchimoto 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."

Known For

Afghan Spring
Bad Boys
Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
She and He
Cuban Lover
On the Road: A Document
Prehistory of the Partisans
Minamata: The Victims and Their World

Top Movie Credits

Bad Boys Assistant Director
Cuban Lover Producer