NPO HEART SAVING PROJECT

The movie “Dear Family” released in June 2024 (Director: Sho Tsukikawa, Screenplay: Tamio Hayashi, Original story: Hidetoshi Kiyotake, “Atom’s Heart: A Record of 23 Years”) (Written by Hidetoshi Kiyotake) Bunshun Bunko) Production company: TOHO Studio, Production company: “Dear Family” Production Committee, Distributed by Toho, Starring: You Oizumi) I’m sure many of you have seen it.This movie is based on Hidetoshi Kiyotake’s original work, “Atom’s Heart: A Record of 23 Years of Dear Family,” and this non-fiction story focuses on Nobumasa Tsutsui, the chairman of Tokai Medical Products, and his family.After discovering that his second daughter had a congenital heart disease, he started with zero knowledge and aimed to develop an artificial heart, and although he gave up on that goal, he succeeded in developing the first domestically produced IABP balloon.
Tokai Medical Products’ product development has been supported by Dr. Hideshi Tomita, the current chairman of the Heart Saving Project. In the movie “Dear Family,” a scene of catheter treatment in Mongolia appears, and this scene was modeled after Heart Saving Project’s volunteer treatment activities in Mongolia.

In order to ask as many people as possible to donate to the Heart Saving Project’s activities, we received the deep understanding and cooperation of the original author, Hidetoshi Kiyotake, the publisher, Bunshun Bunko, and the Toho Co., Ltd. Publicity Department’s Film Promotion Planning Office, which allowed us to introduce this on the Heart Saving Project’s official website. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved for their efforts. thank you very much.

 

Although the 2024 Heart Saving Project activities in Mongolia have ended, we are already drawing up plans for 2025. If you agree with the purpose of our activities, please consider making a donation to our organization’s activities.

Please send your donation to:

Japan Post Bank Store name: 018 Store number 018 Ordinary deposit 7481249

Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Yutenji Branch Ordinary Account 5095873