Tokyo Trial

While the Nuremberg trial has been discussed often in history books and has been brought on screen twice (JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG and the miniseries NUREMBERG) very few remember of the Tokyo trial done always when World War II was over. Well, since I am an expert on rare movies I knew I had to watch this even tho I have never seen the original miniseries on which this is based. Nonetheless, I liked it very much.

After the surrender of Japan an international tribune of judges from the victorious countries are tasked of determining the fate of Japanese war criminals. The movie then simply consists of courtroom parts and finally, some of the Japanese are found guilty and executed.

The acting was nice by all, and it might seem a coincidence that Michael Ironside here played General Douglas McArthur and in NUREMBERG played Colonel Burton Andrus. And besides, the historical part is treated so well that if you are fans of the historical period (20th century) you are bound to like this very nice movie.