--- title: 'Minamata (2020)' type: 'film' director: 'Andrew Levitas' released: '2020-01-01' runtime_minutes: 115 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/minamata-2020' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9179096/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Minamata (2020) 2020 · R · 115 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Minamata is a 2020 biographical drama film directed by Andrew Levitas, based on the book of the same name by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith. The film stars Johnny Depp as W. Eugene Smith, an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2022, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the film ranked third place in the Oscars Fan Favorite contest. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) - **Director:** [Andrew Levitas](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-levitas) - **Screenplay:** [David Kessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kessler) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto) - **Director of Photography:** [Benoît Delhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-delhomme) - **Editor:** [Nathan Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-nugent) ## Cast - [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as W. Eugene Smith - [Katherine Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-jenkins) - [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada) - [Jun Kunimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-kunimura) - [Ryō Kase](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryo-kase) - [Minami](https://cinepixo.com/people/minami) - [Bill Nighy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-nighy) - [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/minamata-2020 Film facts: Wikidata (Q60738297); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.