| Visas and Virtue | |
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 One-sheet photography: Dennis Mukai | |
| Directed by | Chris Tashima |
| Written by | Chris Tashima Tom Donaldson Tim Toyama (play) |
| Produced by | Chris Donahue Tim Toyama |
| Starring | Chris Tashima Susan Fukuda Diana Georger Lawrence Craig |
| Narrated by | Shizuko Hoshi |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Edited by | Irvin Paik |
| Music by | Scott Nagatani |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.