After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia--known as the atom bomb disease.
Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan..
For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one Thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.
Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding Paper cranes.
Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the atom bomb disease, Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery.
And then the dizzy spells start.
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school\'s running team.
And a legend says that if she folds 1,000 Paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish to be healthy again.
But she faces life with spirit and bravery.
After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia--known as the atom bomb disease
