Sadako Story
- IMDb link: 0098288
- IMDb rating: 6.7 (17 votes)
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Seijiro Koyama
- Cast: Chieko Baisho, Tamami Hirose, Mako Ishino, Kazuo Andô and others
- Release date: 24 Jun 1989
- Release year: 1989
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Keywords: leukemia, terminal illness, atom bomb, hospital, baton, peace, fear of ghosts, primary school
Plot:
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 ?