Based on a true story.
The year is 1922 and Tokei Maru, a Japanese cargo boat arrives at Smyrna at the coast of Asia Minor.
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As the ship enters Smyrna Bay, the city changes hands while the Greek army flees and Turks enter in triumph.
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As the city is burned to the ground, the Japanese captain throws all of his precious cargo to the sea to rescue more than 800 man, women and children, Greeks and Armenians.
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"This ship and all onboard and around it belong to His Royal Highness the Emperor of Japan. If you make any atempt to harm them you are offending our honor and our Emperor. And I will be forced to retaliate."
Almost 100 years later his name is still unknown but his act of humanity remains.
Tokei Maru and its crew watch as history is made. A fire spreads across the city burnin on its path everything to the ground.
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Dantes Infermo
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But he will not stop there. As the Turks demand of him to push back to the sea all of the refugees that reach Tokei Maru, his answer defies all.
The Crew
Zachos Samoladas, Animator/ Director
Zachos Samoladas was born in Thessaloniki on August 26, 1967.
He studied Experimental Animation at CalArts with legendary animator Jules Engel as his mentor. His studies also include a degree in film direction from the Eugenia Hatzikou film school in Athens.
His 1997 animated short tiled "GENESIS" is the first Greek animated film over 20 minutes.
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Ryan Camus, Composer
Ryan Camus is a composer, arranger, and orchestrator.
In 2014, he graduated summa cum laude from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, in Boston, USA with a bachelor's degree in Film Scoring and a minor in Jazz Harmony.
He has written all kinds of music for several film makers and video game developers internationally.