Visas and Virtue (1997)
- Directed by
- Chris Tashima
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 26 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in 1940 decides to defy his government's orders by issuing transit visas to Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. The film focuses on his personal struggle and the risks he takes to save thousands of lives.
poignantrestrainedtenseunderstatedquietly heroicemotionalgroundedintimate
What happens
Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film directed by Chris Tashima and starring Chris Tashima, Susan Fukuda, Diana Georger and Lawrence Craig. It was inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, who is known as "The Japanese Schindler". Sugihara issued over 2,000 transit visas to Polish and Lithuanian Jews from his consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, in August 1940, in defiance of his own government (Japan), thereby allowing an estimated 6,000 individuals to escape the impending Holocaust. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Grüningers Fall (1997)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.