105 mins |
Rated
M (Violence, offensive language & content that may disturb)
Directed by Andrew Levitas
Starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Ryô Kase, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Minami , Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy
Playing $5 Wednesday.
Johnny Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of Minamata which had been ravaged by an outbreak of Mercury Poisoning due to gross negligence by Japan’s Chisso Corporation, the government itself, and even the Yakuza.
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Playing $5 Wednesday.
Johnny Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of Minamata which had been ravaged by an outbreak of Mercury Poisoning due to gross negligence by Japan’s Chisso Corporation, the government itself, and even the Yakuza.