Meet the Cast
Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Reverend Tanimoto is one of the six individuals that Hiroshima focuses on. In the days following the attack, he worked tirelessly to help the wounded in the area around the evacuation zone in Asano...
Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge
Father Kleinsorge was a German priest living and working at the Society of Jesus in Hiroshima. Where He Was When It HappenedHe hadn't been feeling well, so he was at the mission chilling out on his...
Hatsuyo Nakamura
Mrs. Nakamura was a tailor's widow who had three children. When the book opens, she had just returned home with her three children, having evacuated the night before due to several air raid warning...
Toshiko Sasaki
On the day of the bombing, she was a clerk in the personnel department at East Asia Tin Works. Where She Was When It HappenedMiss Sasaki had just arrived at work and was sitting at her desk when th...
Dr. Masakazu Fujii
Prior to the dropping of the bomb, Dr. Fujii ran a small private hospital situated on a river. Where He Was When It HappenedHe was sitting outside when the bomb was dropped, which sent the small ho...
Dr. Terufumi Sasaki
On the day of the Hiroshima bombing, he was a young surgeon working at the Red Cross. Where He Was When It HappenedHe was on his way to the lab to deliver a blood vial when the bomb went off. He so...