Sadako Sasaki by Rachel Cohn

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
34,710
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on May 21, 2006

This short animation by an eleven-year-old girl tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who bravely battled leukemia from radiation exposure after the bombing of Hiroshima, and tried to fold 1,000 origami cranes.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 4 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (summerkitchenstudio)

  • Thanks!

    You can check out Rachel's animation and more animated stories from the history of girlhood at:

    girlsoftheworldanimation dot blogspot dot com

  • @summerkitchenstudio Just wanted to let you know I donated 644 cranes in honor of Sadako for the Ogosh B'Gosh clothing donations. Thanks for the animation.

  • @lesmeslover95  Thanks! That's wonderful!

see all

All Comments (58)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • It made me cry alot....

  • *makes heartless "The Ring" joke*

  • so sad 

  • Awesome summary! Well done.

  • this story makes me cry everytime I hear it

  • Wow, that's really impressive for an 8 year old girl.

  • The animation isn't bad. Thanks for sharing it.

  • i'm going to try to do this.

Loading...
Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more