By KENJI IMAMURA/ Staff Writer
December 3, 2025 at 17:26 JST
Johnny Depp, star of the film “Minimata,” and the fetal Minamata disease patient Shinobu Sakamoto meet in Tokyo on Dec. 2. Aileen M. Smith, widow of photographer Eugene Smith, sits behind Sakamoto. (Minako Yoshimoto)
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. [Read More]
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