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Tokyo Trial
1983 6.8 (8 votes) 4h 37m
Genres
War Documentary
Production Companies
Kodansha

Tokyo Trial (東京裁判)

Overview

One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war crimes is excellently handled by director Masaki Kobayashi. Kobayashi and his assistants had to plough through 30,000 reels from the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal which took place between May, 1946 and November, 1948. It took two days to read the charges against the 100 alleged war criminals in the docket (only 28 top officials are actually in the courtroom, which was limited in space), and the final judgment took one week to read.

Key Crew

Writer: Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ogasawara

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Story: Shun Inagaki

Producer: Ryu Yasutake, Masaya Araki, Yoshiyoshi Ashizawa, Hiroshi Sudo

Top Cast

Kei Satō
Kei Satō

Narrator

Videos

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