"Orizuru 2015" Last one show at Laemmle West L. A.
On Santa Monica Blvd., between Colby and Butler, a few blocks west of 405 Freeway
Thursday, June 2, at noon
Laemmle Royal Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
A short movie about a boy who has come to America from Japan having a hard time adjusting. He gets involved in a Peace and Reconciliation Ceremony that happened at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii through a folded crane exchange. One that was folded by Sadako Sasaki, who suffered leukemia from the 1945 A-bomb on Hiroshima, and one folded by Pearl Harbor attack survivor.
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A 25-minute film depicting the real life of Hiroshima girl after the atomic bombing in 1945 and a fictitious World War II American veteran of Pearl Harbor will be screened from May 27 through June 2 at Laemmle Royal Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
"Orizuru 2015" was directed by multi-talented Miyuki Sohara of Los Angeles and played by professional actors such as Richard Burner, Toshi Toda and James Kyson.
The film is spoken in English, and does not contain any images or description of war.
Orizuru means fold paper cranes, symbol of peace movement after the real story of Hiroshima survivor Sadako Sasaki who died at the age of 12 by leukemia, a disease caused by the atomic-bombing.
To coincide the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagazaki bombing, the film was shot in 2015 and shown at Hiroshima International Film Festival in November 2015.
Film screenings are scheduled on May 27, 31, June 1, 2 at 12:00 pm, and May 28, 29, 30 at 10:30 am. Screening only tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students.
The proceeds of the film will be used for School Visit Program by Dream Orizuru Project.
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