Home Movies Minamata: The Victims and Their World Minamata: The Victims and Their World (水俣 患者さんとその世界) 53 years old The first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan. Minamata: The Victims and Their World (53 years) Release day: Friday, March 12, 1971 Runtime: 167 minutes