April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is sent back to the American Base Victory Hospital, where the diagnosis is lymphatic leukemia. And she has no more than a year left to live. Her parents agree with the doctor that Sadako should not be told, but will she find out anyway ?
Tamami Hirose
Gin Maeda
Chieko Baisho
Mako Ishino
Mamiko Tayama
Hiromi Iwasaki
Mie Watanabe
Saburo Shinoda
Kazuo Andō
Taiji Tonoyama
Thousand Cranes is a history, drama film released in 1989. Directed by Seijiro Koyama, it stars Tamami Hirose, Gin Maeda, Chieko Baisho. April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is sent back to the American Base Victory Hospital, where the diagnosis is lymphatic leukemia. And she has no more than a year left to live. Her parents agree with the doctor that Sadako should not be told, but will she find out anyway ?
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