The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
大東亜戦争と国際裁判
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.
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Masao Shimizu
as Kōki Hirota
Toshiaki Konoe
as Ambassador Nomura
Ureo Egawa
as Counsel Shimazu
Yōichi Numata
as Counsel Hayashi
Hyo Kitazawa
as Shumei Okawa
Kinuko Obata
as Tojo's older daughter
Kanjūrō Arashi
as Hideki Tojo
Takamaru Sasaki
as Counsel Kiyose
Joji Oka
as War Minister Anami
Tetsuro Tamba
Katsuko Wakasugi
as Lady Konoe
Minoru Takada
as Prime Minister Konoe
Tsunemi Hirose
as Seishiro Itagaki
Kōtarō Bandō
as Admiral Yonai
Jun Ōtomo
Noriko Kitazawa
as Hirota's younger daughter
Ichirō Ryūzaki
as Admiral Yamamoto
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shigeru Amachi
as First Officer of the Yamato
Jūzaburō Akechi
as Lieutenant Colonel Takeda
Fumiko Miyata
as Hirota's older daughter
Miyuki Takakura
as Tokyo Rose
Hiroshi Hayashi
as Foreign Affairs Minister Togo
Sanae Takasugi
as Mrs. Tojo