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

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
Prehistory of the Partisans
Afghan Spring
Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin
On the Road: A Document
An Engineer's Assistant
The Stolen Sea
Fishing Moon
Bad Boys
Minamata: The Victims and Their World

Top Movie Credits

Bad Boys Assistant Director