A Thousand Paper Cranes
A Thousand Paper Cranes
Michiru Ōshima
is a Japanese composer who has worked on several video games, films, and
televisions.
Story of Sadako Sasaki
ATOMIC BOMB IN JAPAN explode August 6 and August 9, 1945 which
destroyed a whole generation of families, memories of peaceful lives and a
haven for millions of people.
survivors of the apocalypse were called the “Hibakusha,” literally, the
“victims of the bomb.”
a girl named Sadako Sasaki, who was born on January 7, 1943, was exposed
to significant radiation, as she was 1.5 miles away from the bomb’s site
when it exploded.
Throughout the following decade, Sadako seemed to be a healthy girl.
Later, she couldn’t stand up after falling backwards in her classroom.
Red Cross hospital doctors had diagnosed a serious illness—leukemia, the
disease that had already killed most of the survivors of the atomic bomb.
Sadako’s best friend, Chizuko, brought her an origami that looked like a
crane, and explained to her the legend of the 1,000 cranes.
a person who can fold 1,000 origami cranes can make his or her dream
come true
Every day, she performed her folding task to put all her strength in this legend
and to pray.
Sadako died from her illness on October 25, 1955 at the age of 12, having
folded a total of 644 cranes.