In the 1930s of the Showa era, an unexplained "Shiobei Syndrome" broke out in coastal fishing villages in Japan. Blind female Chinese medicine doctor Mori Yeling and surgeon Miyazawa Rin met in an epidemic area and worked side by side to treat patients. A few years later, the two opened a free clinic in a Tokyo alley to treat workers suffering from chronic mercury poisoning due to industrial wastewater discharge. Faced with the factory's concealment, bureaucratic delays, and media suppression, they embarked on a long road of verification and litigation together with the victims.
Concept: Based on the environmental pollution incident in Japan, "Shizuo Syndrome" tells the story of two female doctors who opened a free clinic in an area severely affected by industrial pollution and led the affected workers to fight against the factory and the bureaucracy. Through the dual perspectives of blind female Chinese medicine doctor Mori Yeling and surgeon Miyazawa Rin, the novel presents the erosion of environmental pollution on the survival of the people at the bottom, and how individuals fight against the huge silent system with their tiny persistence on the long road to verification and litigation. The whole article uses restrained and implicit writing style to explore the responsibility of doctors, environmental justice and the dignity of human beings supporting each other in suffering.