The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
104 mins
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.
Hiroshi Hayashi
Foreign Affairs Minister Togo
Jōji Ōhara
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan Kido
Toshio Hosokawa
Ambassador Kurusu
Eijiro Sakauchi
Chief Defense Counsel Uzawa
Arata Shibata
Sadao Araki
Akira Nakamura
Priest Hanayama
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
Masao Takamatsu
Yamato Staff Officer
Den Kunikata
Yamato Staff Officer
Hiroshi Izumida
Yamato Staff Officer
Tadashi Ikezuki
Yamato Staff Officer
Shōzaburō Date
Lieutenant Yamada
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
Ayame Hanazono
Tojo's younger daughter
Kimie Tokudaiji
Mrs. Hirota
Keinosuke Wada
Konoe's second son
Kiyoshi Komori
Director
Mitsugi Okura
Executive Producer
Minoru Yamanashi
Producer
Kennosuke Tateoka
Screenplay
Kagai Okado
Director of Photography
Jiro Sekikawa
Lighting Technician
Kihachiro Nakai
Sound Recordist
Seiichi Toriizuka
Art Direction
Hideo Ozawa
Original Music Composer
Keinosuke Tsuchiya
Assistant Director
Sukune Hashida
Assistant Director
Shin Nagata
Editor