Sacrificing at the atomic bomb Legion of the mobile theater company "Sakura Corps"
On the 6th, in 1974, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a tour of the theater company “Sakuratai”, a theater company that was sacrificed by the atomic bomb, was held in Tokyo.
The Mobile Theater Company “Sakura Corps” was a theater company that continued to perform in various places during the war to raise the will of the people, and when visiting Hiroshima, the atomic bomb was dropped and nine theater members died. It was.
About 50 people, including those involved in theatre, attended the memorandum held at the 500 Arhat Temple in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, where the monument of the cherry blossoms was held, and offered memorial prayers.
In order to pass on the thoughts of the victims over the Sakura Corps, every year, the theater officials held a memorial event for the performance of a reading drama on the day of the atomic bombing. It means that only legal matters have been carried out since last year.
Mariko Shibuya (61), relative of Sakura Team leader Masao Maruyama, said, “I feel that I had a proud family that many people gathered for the Sakura Team for more than 70 years. I think it must not be repeated. "
Mr. Toshio Konno of the Sakura Corps Atomic Bombing Party who held a memorial event (73) “I had to tell the fact that there was a fact that the lives of the troupe members who wanted to continue the play were taken away by the atomic bomb. I must not. "