A young girl named Tomoko visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There she has a mysterious meeting with Sadako, the little girl who was 2 years old when the U.S. dropped the bomb on her city during WWII and 11 when she died from the effects of radiation poisoning. Sadako takes Tomoko on an eye-opening journey.
Kotono Mitsuishi
Tomoko
Yuka Koyama
Sadako
Hiro Yuuki
Michiyo Yanagisawa
Nobutoshi Canna
On a Paper Crane - Tomoko's Adventure is a animation, drama film released in 1993 exploring themes of short film. Directed by Seiji Arihara, it stars Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuka Koyama, Hiro Yuuki. A young girl named Tomoko visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There she has a mysterious meeting with Sadako, the little girl who was 2 years old when the U.S. dropped the bomb on her city during WWII and 11 when she died from the effects of radiation poisoning. Sadako takes Tomoko on an eye-opening journey.
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