Visas for Life

Visas for Life

2005
2h 9m
6.0

6.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

World Wat II broke out shortly after diplomat Chiune Sugihara was assigned to Lithuania. Nazi Germany occupied the western half of Poland and began persecuting the Jews. Lithuania was then annexed by the Soviet Union, and the Japanese consulate was ordered to close. Meanwhile, Jewish refugees who had fled Poland flocked to the Japanese consulate, requesting the issuance of Japanese transit visas. Chiune repeatedly sent telegrams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting permission to issue visas to the Jewish refugees, but received a final notice that the visas could not be issued. However, with only a month left until the departure deadline, Chiune decided to defy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' orders and issued visas to the Jewish refugees...

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 日本のシンドラー 杉原千畝物語 六千人の命のビザ
Release Date October 11, 2005
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt3818580
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Cast

Takashi Sorimachi
Takashi Sorimachi

Chiune Sugihara

Naoko Iijima
Naoko Iijima

Yukiko Sugihara

Kazue Fukiishi
Kazue Fukiishi

Setsuko Kikuchi

Masanobu Katsumura
Masanobu Katsumura

Mitsuya Takigawa

Katsuhisa Namase
Katsuhisa Namase

Fumihiko Kikuchi

Masatô Ibu
Masatô Ibu

Mitsuo Ohkubo

Shirō Itō
Shirō Itō

Yōsuke Matsuoka

Yoji Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka

Hidekazu Mashima
Hidekazu Mashima

Riichi Seike
Riichi Seike

Key Crew

Takayoshi Watanabe
Director
Mutsuki Watanabe
Screenplay

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