The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959
104 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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
Koji 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
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