Tôkyô saiban

Sep 25 1985 N/A 4h 37m
Documentary, War

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.

Plot

Documentary covering the 1946-48 Tokyo Trials.

Written by

Shun Inagaki, Masaki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ogasawara

Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Kei Satô, Sadao Araki, Henri Bernard

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Kodansha

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins

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