Persona Non Grata

The story

The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.

Cast

T Toshiaki KarasawaChiune Sempo Sugihara B Borys SzycPesz A Agnieszka GrochowskaIrina M Michał ŻurawskiNiszli C Cezary ŁukaszewiczWolfgang Gudze K Koyuki G Gaku Hamada T Takashi Tsukamoto A Anna Grycewicz Z Zbigniew ZamachowskiGanor A Andrzej BlumenfeldChaim Rosenthal W Wenanty NosulJan Zwartendijk

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M Maciej ZakościelnyMarat N Natan Czyżewski O Oskar Borzym G Gabriela SeroczyńskaHanna in the age of 5 N Natalia NickowskaHanna in the age of 9 F Filip SzczepkowskiSollie in the age of 9 A Artur SzczepkowskiSollie in the age of 15 L Liliana CzyżewskaEstera Rosenthal in the age of 7 M Małgorzata ŁataEstera Rosenthal in the age of 13 P Patrycja SolimanGanor's wife B Bronisława ZamachowskaGanor's daughter A Artur KrajewskiIrina's husband P Paweł Pliszka J Jean-Christophe Lebert K Krzysztof Franieczek J John Edmondsonbritish ambassador A Arkadiusz Janiczek W Władimir Abramuszkinrussian engineer A Ali Bahrudinov M Michał Napiątek K Karolina Hildebrandtcrying girl M Mariusz Kiljan K Katarzyna Kwiatkowskawoman in the train K Katarzyna KaźmierczakRosenthal's daughter P Paweł OkraskaGestapo officer M Mariusz Ochociński M Marcin Korczgerman captain K Krzysztof Kluziksoviet officer I Igor Obłoza L Lech Dyblik H Henryk Gołębiewskisoviet soldier in the train T Tomasz Leszczyński J Jan Kowalewskiyoung german soldier J Jakub Koniecznydiplomat E Etl SzycAnuszka H Hiroaki Murakami D David L. PriceAmerican Ambassador