The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

  • Genre: War
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1959. January 3.

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

Discover

Kanjūrō Arashi

Hideki Tojo

Minoru Takada

Prime Minister Konoe

Masao Shimizu

Kōki Hirota

Hiroshi Hayashi

Foreign Affairs Minister Togo

Joji Oka

War Minister Anami

Jōji Ōhara

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan Kido

Toshio Hosokawa

Ambassador Kurusu

Toshiaki Konoe

Ambassador Nomura

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Admiral Yamamoto

Kōtarō Bandō

Admiral Yonai

Takamaru Sasaki

Counsel Kiyose

Ureo Egawa

Counsel Shimazu

Yōichi Numata

Counsel Hayashi

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Eijiro Sakauchi

Chief Defense Counsel Uzawa

Shin Takemura

Arata Shibata

Sadao Araki

Hyo Kitazawa

Shumei Okawa

Akira Nakamura

Priest Hanayama

Jūzaburō Akechi

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda

Masanori Takeda

Prime Minister Suzuki

Kyōji Kokonoe

Admiral Shimada

Kōji Hirose

Admiral Nagano

Takeo Matsushita

Admiral Sugiyama

Ryuji Wakamiya

Admiral Oikawa

Tomohiko Ôtani

Vice-Admiral Nagumo

Gen Funabashi

Vice-Admiral Ito

Jushiro Kobayashi

Vice-Admiral Yamashita

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Captain of the Yamato

Shigeru Amachi

First Officer of the Yamato

Masao Takamatsu

Yamato Staff Officer

Den Kunikata

Yamato Staff Officer

Hiroshi Izumida

Yamato Staff Officer

Tadashi Ikezuki

Yamato Staff Officer

Jun Ōtomo

Shōzaburō Date

Lieutenant Yamada

Tetsuro Tamba

Tsunemi Hirose

Seishiro Itagaki

Takashi Yamaguchi

Iwane Matsui

Eiichi Nobuo

Kenji Doihara

Hiroki Nakanishi

Akira Muto

Sōten Kuni

Heitaro Kimura

Nagamasa Yamada

General Umezu

Shusui Tsuda

Teiichi Suzuki

Sadao Horiuchi

Mamoru Shigemitsu

Takematsu Okuno

Shigeru Yoshida

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Hatakeyama

Shinji Arima

Patrolman Fujii

Yukio Kohama

Kakiuchi

Tōru Chiba

Secretary Omura

Hiroaki Kurahashi

Counselor Inoue

Minoru Asuka

Interpreter

Mamoru Katsuya

Emperor of Manchukuo

Isamu Eto

Ryukichi Tanaka

Shūji Kawabe

Dr. Takikawa

Sanae Takasugi

Mrs. Tojo

Kinuko Obata

Tojo's older daughter

Ayame Hanazono

Tojo's younger daughter

Kimie Tokudaiji

Mrs. Hirota

Fumiko Miyata

Hirota's older daughter

Noriko Kitazawa

Hirota's younger daughter

Katsuko Wakasugi

Lady Konoe

Keinosuke Wada

Konoe's second son

Miyuki Takakura

Tokyo Rose

Art

Seiichi Toriizuka

Art Direction

Camera

Kagai Okado

Director of Photography

Crew

Kihachiro Nakai

Sound Recordist

Directing

Keinosuke Tsuchiya

Assistant Director

Sukune Hashida

Assistant Director

Kiyoshi Komori

Director

Editing

Shin Nagata

Editor

Lighting

Jiro Sekikawa

Lighting Technician

Production

Minoru Yamanashi

Producer

Mitsugi Okura

Executive Producer

Sound

Hideo Ozawa

Original Music Composer

Writing

Kennosuke Tateoka

Screenplay

Art

Seiichi Toriizuka

Art Direction

Camera

Kagai Okado

Director of Photography

Crew

Kihachiro Nakai

Sound Recordist

Directing

Keinosuke Tsuchiya

Assistant Director

Sukune Hashida

Assistant Director

Kiyoshi Komori

Director

Editing

Shin Nagata

Editor

Lighting

Jiro Sekikawa

Lighting Technician

Production

Minoru Yamanashi

Producer

Mitsugi Okura

Executive Producer

Sound

Hideo Ozawa

Original Music Composer

Writing

Kennosuke Tateoka

Screenplay