Thousand Cranes
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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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Cast
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Tamami Hirose
Gin Maeda
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Mamiko Tayama
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Kazuo Andō
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Taiji Tonoyama
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Seijiro Koyama Director · Shozo Matsuda Screenplay Yusuke Teshima Author
First release June 24, 1989 · Produced in Japan · Original title 千羽づる
Production
Kyodo Eiga
Production
Japan
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Original title
千羽づる
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 24, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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