Masato Koike

Another Life

Centers on a support group for alcoholics and their families

Menda Sakae: Gokuchu no Sei

A documentary about Menda Sakae, a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 34 years.

Senso Daughters

Senso Daughters focuses on the legacy of the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. It is a legacy that arises from rape, starvation and terror. Sekiguchi's documentary lets the residents of Papua New Guinea, especially the women, tell the story of their three years under Japanese Army rule.

Ningen no machi

Interviews with Burakumin in Osaka, victims of discrimination

Minamata no amanatsu

A tangerine field stretches along the seashore in Minamata. Minamata disease patients, unable to work on the sea, work hard at growing amanatsu oranges.

My Town, My Youth

My Town, My Youth is an inspiring film shot twenty years after the official recognition of the disease and focuses on a group of young people (many born with the disease) as they mobilise to keep their cause visible by organising a concert by the popular enka singer Ishikawa Sayuri.

Message from Minamata to the World

An update to the story of Minamata disease, going up to 1976

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

A medical perspective of Minamata disease in three parts - 1) Progress of Research; 2) Pathology and Symptoms; 3) Clinical Field Trials