chisso corporation was the only one in minamata.ightened by the awfulness of the mercury which was leaked from the factory. it poisons the fish, then people who ate the seafood got minamata disease. newsreel: there had been no poisoning before a chemical factory was built in the bay. but the company, the chisso corporation, denied all responsibility and continued to pump its waste into the sea. translation: cats got the disease before people. they went blind and danced around like crazy. soon it was clear that people were suffering as well. miyumi was my first daughter. she couldn't eat fish well because she was only three years old, but she could eat prawns by herself so i let her eat a lot of prawns. we thought that something might be wrong with miyumi. we thought she might 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