Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Gifu Prefecture, Japan
December 11, 1928

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."

Photo

Noriaki Tsuchimoto 1

Representative Works

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
9.0
/ Japanese
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
10.0
/ English
On the Road: A Document
On the Road: A Document
6.2
/ Japanese
She and He
She and He
7.0
/ Japanese
Bad Boys
Bad Boys
6.7
/ Japanese
The Stolen Sea
The Stolen Sea
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/ Japanese
Prehistory of the Partisans
Prehistory of the Partisans
5.6
/ Japanese
Fishing Moon
Fishing Moon
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/ Japanese
Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985
Another Afghanistan: Kabul Diary 1985
10.0
/ Japanese
Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin
Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin
10.0
/ Japanese
The Minamata Mural
The Minamata Mural
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/ Japanese
Afghan Spring
Afghan Spring
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/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
2003Winner

Best Writing

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002Winner

Best Performance

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

On the Road: A Document
1964Nominee

Best Director

On the Road: A Document

Career Highlights

She and He
1963Highlight

Best Performance

She and He

Bad Boys
1961Highlight

Best Director

Bad Boys