we thought that something might be wrong with mayumi. strange disease. when her hands started shaking, i realised she had the disease. she became unable to walk properly, unable to speak. doctors from the local university filmed the shaking fits. they suspected metal poisoning. translation: when | visited her| in hospital, she had lost her sight. but she could still hear. i said to her, "mayumi, your mummy is here, you don't have to cry any more." she gave me a sweet smile. it was her last smile. onjanuary the 3rd of 1958, she died. by 1958, we knew it was caused by chisso. we also knew it was caused by waste water pumped into the bay by the factory. they tried to hide it. my second child contracted the disease in the womb. i didn't think it was possible. but three months after she was born, i noticed that something was wrong with her. she is now 59 years old. in 1959, the chisso corporation offered us some consolation money. human life cannot be replaced by money. fujie sakamoto remembering the tragedy in minamata. for our final film to

we thought that something might be wrong with mayumi.have the strange disease. when her hands started shaking, i realised she had the disease. she became unable to walk properly, unable to speak. doctors from the local university filmed the shaking fits. they suspected metal poisoning. translation: when i visited her in hospital, she had _ lost her sight. but she could still hear. i said to her, "mayumi, your mummy is here, you don't have to cry any more." she gave me a sweet smile. it was her last smile. onjanuary the 3rd of 1958, she died. by 1958, we knew it was caused by chisso. we also knew it was caused by waste water pumped into the bay by the factory. they tried to hide it. my second child contracted the disease in the womb. i didn't think it was possible. but three months after she was born, i noticed that something was wrong with her. she is now 59 years old. in 1959, they chisso corporation us some consolation money. human life cannot be replaced by money. fujie sakamoto remembering the tragedy in minamata. for our final film