Tokyo Trial (miniseries)
| Tokyo Trial | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Kanji | 東京裁判 |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Rob W. King Max Mannix Toru Takagi Kees van Beijnum |
| Directed by | Pieter Verhoeff Rob W. King |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Stacy Keach |
| Composer | Robert Carli |
| Country of origin |
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| Original languages | Japanese English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Don Carmody David Cormican Hans de Weers Takashi Enjo |
| Producers | Shinsuke Naitô David Cormican Hans de Weers |
| Production locations | Japan Lithuania |
| Cinematography | Rolf Dekens |
| Editor | Daryl K. Davis |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | NHK FATT Productions Don Carmody Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | 12 December – 15 December 2016 |
Tokyo Trial is a 2016 historical drama miniseries that depicts the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. An international co-production of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Dutch studio FATT Productions, and Canadian producers David Cormican and Don Carmody, the series was directed by Pieter Verhoeff and Rob W. King.
It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema, Jonathan Hyde, Irrfan Khan, Stephen McHattie, Michael Ironside, Hadewych Minis and Shinya Tsukamoto, with narration by Stacy Keach.
The series premiered in Japan on NHK in four 45-minute episodes, between December 12 and December 15, 2016. Thereafter, it was made available on the NHK On-Demand VoD service and subsequently by Netflix. Overseas, the series premiered in 190 countries on Netflix in December 2016.