Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Abstract

When 12-year-old Sadako was two years old, she was living in the city of Hiroshima in Japan when the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Without any apparent injuries, Sadako grew into an energetic girl who excelled at running until one day after a race she begins to feel dizzy. After she is diagnosed with leukaemia, a Japanese legend inspires her to begin folding 1000 paper cranes, which she believes will bring a miracle cure. Every day her brother Masahiro hangs them up for her in the hospital room. Based on the real-life experience of a child victim of war, Sadako is still remembered in the Hiroshima Peace Park.

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