Tag: Disease
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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…