Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Overview

True story (based on the book by Eleanor Coerr) about a Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki, who was two years old when the atom bomb fell on her city of Hiroshima. Like so many other survivors of that horrific day, she subsequently developed leukemia. To keep herself occupied during her illness, she begins the monumental task of folding a thousand origami cranes--in the hopes that it will save her life.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 29, 1991

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Liv Ullmann

Director

George Levinson

Writer

George Levinson,Eleanor Coerr,Victoria Trostle

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102827