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Noriaki Tsuchimoto (土本典昭)

Noriaki Tsuchimoto (1928-2008) was a Japanese documentary filmmaker. His Minamata films made him a major figure in independent documentary, staying close to patients, families, and local society rather than treating disaster as distant news.

Birth
1928-12-11 22:00 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
Gender
Male
Time Source
AI inferred

Birth Time Verification

Noriaki Tsuchimoto's birth data uses 1928-12-11 22:00. The birthplace is set as Toki, Gifu, Japan. The source does not provide a reliable birth hour. This page uses the local candidate time. The chart used here is Wu Chen, Jia Zi, Yi You, Ding Hai. It reads as a Yi Wood day master with an Indirect Resource pattern. Fire and Earth are favored. Yi Wood born in the Zi month carries strong Indirect Resource, useful for observation, inward attention, and long questioning. You Metal in the day branch keeps real pressure close. The Ding Hai hour is inferred, but Ding Fire fits film expression. When Fire and Earth help, documentary work moves from observation into social action.
Confirmed Time
22:00
Hour
丁亥
Time Source
AI inferred

Core Analysis

Yi Wood in the Zi month gives Indirect Resource, a kind of observation that does not rush to verdict.

You Metal Seven Killings sits close to the day branch, so social pressure and the victims’ situation enter his working method, not only the topic.

The value of the Minamata films lies in staying with people over time. This chart fits slowness, closeness, and repeated questioning rather than one-time accusation.

Key BaZi Signals
Main Line
Day Master Yi
Structure
Indirect Resource pattern
Relations
Year Branch Chen · Day Branch You

Traits

01

Observation

Indirect Resource gives the camera patience.

02

Intervention

You Metal Seven Killings keeps real pressure close.

03

Restraint

The films rely on closeness rather than agitation.

04

Drain

Long work with victims’ lives carries pressure.

Timeline

Each year shows the event, luck pillar, annual pillar, relations, and interpretation for direct comparison.

1947
19yrs Career

Entered Waseda and student activism

Tsuchimoto entered Waseda University and became involved in student and political activity.

BaZi Note
Entered Waseda and student activism is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1957
29yrs Career

Left party organization

He left the Japanese Communist Party and later shifted his focus toward independent documentary.

BaZi Note
Left party organization is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1963
35yrs Career

Entered documentary filmmaking

He gradually formed his own observational method in documentary work.

BaZi Note
Entered documentary filmmaking is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1971
43yrs Career

Completed Minamata: The Victims and Their World

The film brought the lives and voices of Minamata disease patients to a wider public.

BaZi Note
Completed Minamata: The Victims and Their World is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
1975
47yrs Career

Made The Shiranui Sea

He continued following Minamata disease and local life, extending the film series.

BaZi Note
Made The Shiranui Sea is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.
2008
79yrs Personal

Died

Tsuchimoto died, leaving the Minamata films as a major part of Japanese documentary history.

BaZi Note
Died is treated as a public biographical turn, not as proof of fate. It shows how an Indirect Resource pattern can appear through choice, pressure, and visible results.

FAQ

Is Noriaki Tsuchimoto's birth time reliable? +
Public sources confirm the date 1928-12-11, but no reliable birth hour is available. This reading uses 22:00 as a local candidate time.
What is the central BaZi pattern? +
The chart is read as a Yi Wood day master with an Indirect Resource pattern. It is useful for reading Waseda student activism, leaving party politics, documentary work, the Minamata series, The Shiranui Sea, and death.
Why does this chart fit Minamata documentary work and social intervention? +
Indirect Resource brings long observation, while You Metal Seven Killings keeps social pressure close. With Fire and Earth, film moves from record into intervention.
What should readers avoid overclaiming? +
BaZi is an interpretive lens, not a replacement for biography or historical research. Public events and chart readings are kept separate here.

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