Tag: Disease

  • Johnny Depp’s Encounter with Minamata Disease Survivor Sakamoto

    Johnny Depp’s Encounter with Minamata Disease Survivor Sakamoto

    Johnny Depp, who portrayed photographer Eugene Smith in the 2020 film “Minamata,” met with Shinobu Sakamoto, a victim of the mercury-poisoning disease, for the first time in Tokyo on Dec. 2. Sakamoto, 69, was a real-life subject of Smith’s photos that brought global attention to Minamata disease. Aileen M. Smith, 75, widow of the award-winning…