Daisaku Ikeda

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference. (imdb)

Schoolgirl Mitsuko tries to protect half-Chinese transfer student Yu-Lian from bullies. That night, she discovers Emily, an old American doll. Given to a Japanese child during an exchange in 1921, it was hidden from the "doll burnings" of the anti-Western war period and saved by a brave young girl (Mitsuko's grandmother). At the next day's show-and-tell, Mitsuko tells the story of Emily and encourages Yu-Lian.

Chisato's journey home from Manchuria after the war. The story follows a young girl and her family as they get trapped in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War.