Masahiro Endo survived both Hiroshima and Fukushima

[Octafish]

Masahiro Endo, left, who was twice exposed to radiation in Hiroshima and in Fukushima, talks to director Miru Yamaguchi, center, and actor Hiroshi Kamiyama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. (The Asahi Shimbun)

His story is the subject of a new play...

Monodrama puts spotlight on man who survived A-bomb, Fukushima accident

By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer
The Asahi Shimbum, August 03, 2013

A survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who later became an evacuee from the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is the subject of a monodrama being performed at Haiyuza Theater in Tokyo.

Masahiro Endo had the misfortune of twice being exposed to high levels of radiation in his lifetime. Actor Hiroshi Kamiyama, 80, who has been performing one-person shows, is telling Endo’s life and story on stage. The show runs through Aug. 4.

“Aug. 6 and March 11. The two never-to-be-forgotten dates have been carved into my body and my life,” Endo, 87, said in an interview near his current residence in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

He was evacuated from his home in the Odaka district of Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was designated a part of the no-entry zone after the crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Even though the evacuation rules have been relaxed, the Odaka district is still under strict entry restrictions.

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At the time of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, Endo was in the hospital, 2.5 kilometers from ground zero. In the "black rain," he wandered around the area with other survivors, whose skin was hanging from their bodies due to the effects of the nightmarish blast. At war's end, Endo returned home and became an employee at the Odaka town office (present-day Minami-Soma).

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http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201308030011

Remarkable and sad in the extreme.

[Dreamer Tatum]

1. Shouldn't he be a superhero by now?

Exposed to radiation twice?

[Octafish]

2. Cruelty toward another human being defines you, Dreamer Tatum.

I hope you wake up, but I doubt it.

[Dreamer Tatum]

3. It's called a JOKE, D'Artangnan.

Jesus.