You know much about the progression of a .l .s .? 筋萎縮性側索硬化症の進行については 知っているかね?
Since around the time of his promotion to director , he had suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als ) and had difficulty in walking and others . 監督昇進の頃から、筋萎縮性側索硬化症に冒され歩行等に障害を有していた。
In the memorial record he created about and in memory of his mentor , yuzo kawashima , entitled " sayonara dake ga jinsei da: eiga kantoku kawashima yuzo no shogai " (life is only a chorus of goodbyes: the life of director yuzo kawashima ), he chronicled kawashima ' s life using a documentary style; in it , he recounted how kawashima kept working right on to the end , filming on location without breathing a single word to anyone that he was suffering from lou gehrig ' s disease . 彼の師匠川島雄三についての追悼録、『サヨナラだけが人生だ 映画監督川島雄三の生涯』では、川島の生涯を実証的に取り上げ、川島が筋萎縮性側索硬化症に侵されながらそれを一切他言せず、最後まで映画製作の現場に立っていたことを取り上げた。