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Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

8.0 57 mins Documentary   History   2016
ARTE   Point du Jour   Sundial Entertainment  
Director(s): Tim Toidze

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.

Casts of Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

as Self (archive footage)

Douglas MacArthur

as Self (archive footage)

Hideki Tojo

as Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as Self (archive footage)

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