Hometown Stories (2011)

Watch Hometown Stories - Finding Poetry in Cancer

Type : Episode Season: 7Episode: 5
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The shock of the first diagnosis. Fear of death. Anxiety and concern about friends and family. Cancer patients experience a range of complex emotions. Now, a Japanese hospital is helping them transform their feelings into senryu, a Japanese form of short poetry. A man expresses a lifetime of gratitude toward his wife. A woman uses humor to fight back against a serious illness. In this program, cancer patients find solace in just 17 syllables.

  • Genres: Documentary
  • Language:  Japanese, English

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