Thousand Cranes
1989, Japanese. Directed by Seijiro Koyama.
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 ?
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 24 June 1989
- Original title
- 千羽づる
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shozo Matsuda, Seijiro Koyama
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Thousand Cranes runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Thousand Cranes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 June 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Thousand Cranes?
Thousand Cranes (1989) was directed by Seijiro Koyama and stars Tamami Hirose, Gin Maeda, Chieko Baisho.