The Tokyo Trial (film)

The Tokyo Trial
Traditional	東京審判
Simplified	东京审判
Mandarin	Dōngjīng Shěnpàn
Directed by	Gao Qunshu
Starring	Damian Lau; Ken Chu; Kelly Lin; Kenneth Tsang; Eric Tsang
Release date	September 1, 2006;
Running time	111 minutes
Language	Chinese (Mandarin); English; Japanese

The Tokyo Trial (simplified Chinese: 东京审判; traditional Chinese: 東京審判; pinyin: Dōngjīng Shěnpàn) is a Chinese film released in 2006.

Plot

This film was directed by Gao Qunshu and is about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after Japan's surrender in World War II. The movie presents the trial from the point of view of the Chinese judge Mei Ju-ao.

The director and his crew spent more than a year doing research to finish the script, which is based on historical data. It cost 18 million yuan (2.25 million U.S. dollars). This film hired actors from 11 countries, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and other places, including actors such as Kenneth Tsang and Damian Lau. They recreated court scenes from the trial in Chinese, English and Japanese.

It was shown in cinemas and around 100 universities across mainland China to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of Japan's invasion of China.

Cast

Damian Lau as Mei Ju-ao
Ken Chu as Hsiao Nan
Kelly Lin as Yoshiko Wada
Kenneth Tsang as Xiang Zhejun
Eric Tsang as Masato Wada
Tse Kwan-Ho as Yuichi Kitano
Ying Da as Ni Zhengyu
John Henry Cox as Joseph B. Keenan
Daniel Albert Ziskie as William Webb
Koike Karashiji as Ichiro Kiyose
Akira Hoshino as Hideki Tojo
Sakae Koike as Kenji Doihara
Natori Tsuramasashi as Iwane Matsui
Shingo Hiramatsu as Seishirō Itagaki
Usaburo Oshima as Ryūkichi Tanaka
Mo Qi as Shūmei Ōkawa
Bai Xueyun as Wada Eiko
Guo Tao as Y.H. Ku
Li Yusheng as Puyi
Zhu Hongjia as Kao Wen-pin

Reception

According to People's Daily, "Ten days after its debut on September 1, the film about the trial of Japanese war criminals had raked up 10 million yuan (1.25 million U.S. dollars) at the box office, despite competition from Hollywood blockbuster X-Men: The Last Stand."[1]

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References

Tokyo trial film enjoys big success

External links

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[1] Tokyo trial film enjoys big success