Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 33 years old

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.

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Cast

Name Character
Liv Ullmann She was 85, now 85 years old as Narrator (voice)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Crew

Name Department
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (33 years)

  • Release day: Friday, March 29, 1991
  • Runtime: 30 minutes