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Mr. Yamada
Mori is the elected mayor of the Japanese population in the Loveday internment camp. He works with Mr. Yamada at the camp canteen store. Though he is initially a friend to Dr. Ibaraki, Ibaraki later realizes that he has enabled Yamada to attack Stanley Suzuki, and he thus loses respect for him.
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Mori Character Timeline in After Darkness
The timeline below shows where the character Mori appears in After Darkness. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: South Australia, 1942
...watched. An officer leads the men through the camp to their compound. There, they meet Mori, the mayor of the compound, and Mr. Yamada, the mayor’s deputy. Mr. Yamada leads Dr....
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Chapter 3: Loveday, 1942
...Australia. Johnny also tells him that the camp is run like a dictatorship, with Mayor Mori and Mr. Yamada making unfair rules that only suit themselves.
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Chapter 6: Loveday, 1942
...ask Dr. Ibaraki to translate for him because of his English skills. Dr. Ibaraki, Mayor Mori, Mr. Yamada, and Major Locke show Mr. Mackenzie around the facility. Mr. Mackenzie marvels at...
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...Chang and his friends, sitting in the chairs meant for Mr. Mackenzie and his group. Mori attempts to hide the protest from Mr. Mackenzie. Johnny Chang introduces himself to Mr. Mackenzie....
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Chapter 16: Loveday, 1942
...wind, he hears voices from beyond the garden. The speakers are Mr. Yamada and Mayor Mori. From their conversation, Ibaraki knows for sure that Yamada was Stanley Suzuki’s attacker. During the...
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Upon hearing Mr. Yamada and Mayor Mori’s conversation, Dr. Ibaraki is overcome with the feeling that he is unable to do right...
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...towards Stan. Though Ibaraki does not report Yamada, he tells Officer McCubbin that Yamada and Mori are bad people—an uncharacteristic choice for him. After 12 days of detention, the officers release...
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...prisoner exchange. He reads out the names of the men selected. These men include Mayor Mori and Mr. Yamada. Though Dr. Ibaraki has mixed feelings about the idea of returning to...
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...friends in the camps and letters that people asked Ibaraki to deliver in Japan. Mayor Mori gives a short speech, much to Ibaraki’s disdain. Still, Ibaraki is relieved that Mori and...
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Chapter 17: SS City of Canterbury and Kamakura Maru, 1942
...peacefully. Dr. Ibaraki socializes with many of the people in his cabin, rarely interacting with Mori and Yamada. One night, Ibaraki and some friends discuss Japanese soldiers who died in a...
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