Overview - Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary
  • History

Runtime: 57 minutes

Homepage: Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English
  • 日本語
  • Français

Production companies

  • Name: ARTE

    Production country France

  • Name: Point du Jour

    Production country France

  • Name: Sundial Entertainment

    Production country Canada

Overview

The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Japanese leaders; and how and why officials in Washington prevented Emperor Hirohito to be seen sat on the bench.

Cast

  • Name: Emperor Hirohito of Japan

    Character: Self (archive footage)

    Popularity: 0.3836

    the profile picture of Emperor Hirohito of Japan
  • Name: Douglas MacArthur

    Character: Self (archive footage)

    Popularity: 0.2305

    the profile picture of Douglas MacArthur
  • Name: Hideki Tojo

    Character: Self (archive footage)

    Popularity: 0.0582

    the profile picture of Hideki Tojo
  • Name: Harry S. Truman

    Character: Self (archive footage)

    Popularity: 0.2976

    the profile picture of Harry S. Truman