CINEMATSURI: Washington DC's Japanese Film Fest

Step into spring on the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival with CineMatsuri, the five-day Japanese Film Festival presented by the Japan-America Society of Washington. Only in its third year, CineMatsuri has earned praise for its careful and entertaining selection of some of the best films in recent Japanese cinema.

CineMatsuri's opening on March 20th features Persona Non Grata, the story of a courageous Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara, who defied his government in 1940 and issued visas to over 6,000 Jews, saving them from certain death in Nazi concentration camps.