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Persona Non Grata (杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ, Sugihara Chiune) is a 2015 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Cellin Gluck. It depicts the life of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who was appointed a vice-consul and later a consul in Lithuania and served there from 1939 to 1940 and who saved lives of some 6,000 Jewish refugees ...
Persona Non Grata: Directed by Cellin Gluck. With Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Borys Szyc, Agnieszka Grochowska. Against his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II.
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- Adventure, Biography, History
- Cellin Gluck
- 2015-12-05
5 ★★★★★ ratings (8%) ★★★★★. 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.
- Cellin Gluck
Jan 30, 2016 · Sugihara’s largely overlooked story is now being told on the big screen in the form of an emotional and sweeping biopic directed by Japanese-American filmmaker Cellin Gluck.
Dec 2, 2015 · As Cellin Gluck's World War II-era biopic "Persona Non Grata" ("Sugihara Chiune") shows us, life or death for those desperate Jews often came down to a piece of paper stamped "visa" and the...
Jan 28, 2016 · With attention to detail and sweeping, luscious cinematography, filmmaker Cellin Gluck brings to life the story of Sugihara, showing how a Japanese consul with intelligence, backbone and a strong moral compass can come to be considered one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the government of Israel.
Dec 11, 2015 · Japanese-born American director Cellin Gluck brings a unique set of multicultural experiences and memories to his new motion picture Persona Non Grata, depicting Japanese diplomat Sugihara...
