Hermann Heuvers (31 August 1890 – 9 June 1977) was a German Jesuit missionary, philosopher, educator, author, playwright, and screenwriter.

"[4] The Jesuit missionaries reported that many of the Japanese students at Sophia University expressed interest in the Catholic faith and the missionaries would slowly broach the topic with them by indirectly referencing religion through descriptions of past trips or by showing pictures of Rome.

[3] In October 1943, Heuvers baptized Shigeto Oshida, who would later go on to establish a hermitage called Takamori Sōan (Japanese: 高森草庵) in Fujimi Township, Nagano Prefecture.

After losing his voice following surgical treatment, Ishii communicated through written messages including one to a former professor that read "it's all over now".

[2]: 113  Heuver's depiction of Garcia represented her "as a person with a sense of self" and Christian, but also "as an obedient wife".