{"id":142440,"date":"2021-09-16T13:26:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142440&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T04:30:46","slug":"johnny-depps-minamata-kumamoto-in-japanese-theaters-next-week","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/johnny-depps-minamata-kumamoto-in-japanese-theaters-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp\u2019s \u201cMinamata\u201d (Kumamoto) in Japanese Theaters Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnny Depp is the producer and lead actor in \u201cMinamata,\u201d a period drama that brings light to the devastating industrial pollution disaster in Minamata (Kumamoto Prefecture). Alongside Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, Depp portrays the story of American photojournalist Eugene Smith, who is documenting the harrowing effects of mercury poisoning on the lives of community members. Minamata is directed by Andrew Levitas and features shots filmed on location in Kumamoto. This film will be released in Japan on September 23. Check the following cinemas for screenings in the Fukuoka area. <\/span><b>Trailer: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WP3pKTssw_E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/WP3pKTssw_E<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/minnamata-sep-16.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/minnamata-sep-16.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/minnamata-sep-16.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/minnamata-sep-16.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/minnamata-sep-16.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\u00a9 2020 MINAMATA FILM, LLC\u00a0 \u00a9 Larry Horricks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Fukuoka Area Cinemas Showing Minamata<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Inside Fukuoka City<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tjoy.jp\/t-joy_hakata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T-JOY Hakata<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (JR Hakata Station)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedcinemas.jp\/canalcity\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Cinemas Canal City 13<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Canal City Hakata)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedcinemas.jp\/fukuokamomochi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Cinemas Fukuoka Momochi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mark Is Momochi)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakasu-taiyo.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Nakasu Taiyo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Nakasu)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In Other areas inside Fukuoka Prefecture<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedcinemas.jp\/kokura\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineplex Kokura<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Cha Cha Town Kokura)<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/tjoy.jp\/t-joy_kurume\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T-JOY Kurume<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedcinemas.jp\/nakama\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Cinemas Nakama 16<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hlo.tohotheater.jp\/net\/schedule\/022\/TNPI2000J01.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOHO Cinemas Nogata<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoncinema.com\/cinema\/fukuoka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AEON Cinema Fukuoka<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedcinemas.jp\/hisayama\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Cinemas Torius Hisayama<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hlo.tohotheater.jp\/net\/schedule\/069\/TNPI2000J01.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOHO Cinemas Fukutsu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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Alongside Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, Depp portrays the story of American photojournalist Eugene Smith&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":142441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-142440","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/142440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}