''Autumn in Warsaw'' (

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: ワルシャワの秋, ''Warushawa no aki'';

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: ''Jesień w Warszawie'') is a

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drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

television film written by Masatake Tamukai, directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and produced by Takahiro Kasagi. It was produced and filmed in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

by the

Kansai Telecasting Corporation JODX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), owned-and-operated by the . Its studios and headquarters are located in Osaka and the broadcaster is an affil ...

. It was aired on 23 December 2003. The film was based on actual events of 1922, when the cooperation of the Polish Committee of Rescue of Children from the Far East, and the

Japanese Red Cross Society The is the Japanese affiliate of the International Red Cross. The Imperial Family of Japan has traditionally supported the society, with the Empress as Honorary President and other imperial family members as vice presidents. Its headquarters ...

led to the transportation of

orphans from

Russian Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive region, geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor st ...

to Japan, before they could have been relocated to

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Plot

In 1922, the Polish Committee of Rescue of Children from the Far East in agreement with the government of

, relocates

orphans from

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

, Japan, before they could have been relocated to

. They were children of people

banished Banished may refer to: * The punishment of being exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumsta ...

there by the government of the

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Cast

Yuko Takeuchi was a Japanese actress. She is known for her roles in television series ''Asuka'' (1999), ''Pride'' (2004), ''FlashForward'' (2009), and ''Miss Sherlock'' (2018) as well as films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Yomigaeri'' (2003), and ''Dog in a Sid ...

as Yoko Aoki **

Keiko Kishi is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. Life and career She made her acting debut in 1951 in Noboru Nakamura's film '' Home Sweet Home''. In the 1950s, David Lean proposed her for the main role in '' The Wind Cannot Read ...

as older Yoko * Kenji Sakaguchi as Takanori Honda *

Mirai Yamamoto is a Japanese actress. Her father is Kansai Yamamoto. Personal life Yamamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan. She met Kippei Shiina in 1995 when they worked together on the series , and began dating him after they co-starred in the 1998 film '' Fuy ...

as Noriko *

Mitsuru Fukikoshi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Aomori Prefecture, Fukikoshi moved to Tokyo at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on ...

as doctor Kakinuma *

Takehiro Hira is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. Early life and education Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Moses ...

as Nobuyuki Oramura * Ayumi Ishida as Ritsu Shizuya *

Anna Romantowska Anna Romantowska (born 16 May 1950) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Biography She is married to the Polish actor and director Krzysztof Kolberger with whom she has a daughter, the Polish actress Julia Kolberger. In 1974 she graduated fro ...

as Anna Bielkiewicz *

Keiju Kobayashi was a Japanese actor who appeared in 253 films in a career spanning 67 years. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In 1956 he moved to Toho film ...

as Hirashima * Ignacy Zalewski as Kamil Kaczyński and Lew Kaczyński * Agnieszka Pikała as Karolina * Daniel Skowroński as Zalewski * Kanako Irie *

* Yūma Kusakawa * Katsuyuki Murai * Miho Ninagawa * Megumi Sato * Hiroyuki Sumiwaka

Production

The film was based on actual events of 1922, when the cooperation of the Polish Committee of Rescue of Children from the Far East, and the

led to the transportation of

orphans from

to Japan, before they could have been relocated to

. The film was written by Masatake Tamukai, directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and produced by Takahiro Kasagi. The music was done by

Toshiyuki Honda is a Japanese jazz musician and composer. Honda's father was a jazz critic, whose name was also Toshiyuki Honda. As a jazz musician, he learned flute and saxophone, and worked in the late 1970s with George Otsuka and the Burning Waves ensemble. ...

. It was produced and filmed in

by the

. It was aired on 23 December 2003. The movie was made for the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Kansai Telecasting Corporation.

References

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