toshiaka toyoda speaking to us from his home here in tokyo.post—war era, musician shinichi suzuki developed a new method of teaching the violin. the system would later catch on around the world. brothers hideya and toshiya taida were two of his first students. the idea here is that from the age of three, japanese children can be taught to play simple tunes by ear. as the japanese teacher suzuki says himself, they learn to speak with the violin at the same time as they learn to speak their mother tongue. hideya and toshiya taida there, still playing the violin decades later. in 1956 reports started to emerge of what would come to be known as japan's worst case of industrial pollution in the town of minamata. fujie sakamoto and her family were among those devastated by the disaster. translation: i can't tell you just how much i hate the chemical factory. chisso corporation devastated our ocean and our people. i just hate it. people used to say that life in minamata was wonderful. chisso corporation was the only company in minamata. we are still