Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

9.0IMDb Score
Released:2016-05-22
Duration:57 min
Director:Tim Toidze
Actors:Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Douglas MacArthur, Hideki Tojo, Harry S. Truman
Production:ARTE, Point du Jour, Sundial Entertainment

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.

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