Literary Works And Films Analysis

World's worst industrial disasters Literary works and films are two forms of artistic expression, even if they describe the same industrial disaster, they still have significant differences, these differences from the article and the film's performance method. After I read the literary works of Ishimure's "Young Yamanaka Kuhei" and watch Tsuchimoto's film "Minamata: The Victims and Their World," I find Tsuchimoto's film is the most effective in capturing the Minamata disaster and it drawing the viewers into the worlds of the victims for me. Tsuchimoto's film starts with a strange disease which was found near Minamata Bay. The disease first appeared in cats, the disease cat gait instability, convulsions, paralysis, and even dived to the sea, known as the "suicide cat." Shortly afterward, the people was also found to have …show more content…
For the literary work "Young Yamanaka Kuhei," different readers may have very different views. For example, patients No 44 who is Yamanaka Kuhei's sister Satsuki. Satsuki's mother says ,"If Satsuki had survived, we would still be as well of as we were in the old days. She was the real boss in our family." For this mother's quote, some people may thinking this quote shows the mother's nostalgia, or Yamanaka Satsuki's position in the family, or mom's pain of losing child. The literary work makes people think about the fact, and description shows more thought of the characters, but it is not good at capturing the fact of Minamata disaster. On the other hand, patients in the black and white film, their every move can make us know their pain and despair. Tsuchimoto's film is drawing the viewers into the worlds of the victims, it gives an intuitive picture and character dialogue, so that viewers witness the industrial disaster, and feels the horror incident in the