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	Tim Ahern Paul Freeman Serge Hazanavicius Marcel Hensema William Hope Jonathan Hyde Michael Ironside Irrfan Khan Stephen McHattie David K.S. Tse Shinya Tsukamoto Julian Wadham Hadewych Minis
Narrated by	Stacy Keach
Composer	Robert Carli
Country of origin	Japan Canada Netherlands
Original languages	Japanese English [1]
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 (2016-12-12) – 15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)

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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^{[4] [5]}

The series premiered in Japan on NHK in four 45-minute episodes, between December 12 and December 15, 2016. ^[6] Thereafter, it was made available on the NHK On-Demand VoD service and subsequently by Netflix. ^{[7] [2] [8]} Overseas, the series premiered in 190 countries on Netflix in December 2016. ^{[9] [10] [8]}

Premise

Following the end of the Second World War with the surrender of Japan, an international tribunal of judges from the victorious powers are tasked with determining the fate of Japanese war criminals. ^[11]

Cast

Judges

• Tim Ahren as Major General Myron C. Cramer, representing the United States
• Paul Freeman as The Honourable Lord William D. Patrick, representing the United Kingdom
• Serge Hazanavicius as Henri Bernard, representing France
• Marcel Hensema as Professor Bert V.A. Röling, representing Netherlands
• Jonathan Hyde as President Sir William Webb, representing Australia
• Irrfan Khan as Radhabinod Pal, representing British India
• Stephen McHattie as Edward Stuart McDougall, representing Canada
• David K.S. Tse as Mei Ju-ao, representing the Republic of China
• Julian Wadham as Sir Erima H. Northcroft, representing New Zealand
• Bert Matias as Colonel Delfín Jaranilla, representing Philippines
• Kestutis Stasys Jakstas as Major General I.M. Zaryanov, representing the Soviet Union
• William Hope as John P. Higgins, representing the United States

Other cast

• Michael Ironside as General Douglas MacArthur
• Hadewych Minis as Eta Harich-Schneider
• Shinya Tsukamoto as Michio Takeyama
• Jules Knight as Quentin-Quentin Baker
• Stacy Keach as the voice of the narrator

Production

The miniseries was proposed by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The company signed a co-production deal with FATT Productions. At the OMDC’s International Financing Forum at TIFF 2013, NHK and FATT officials discussed co-producing the series with Don Carmody Television. ^[10] Netflix gained streaming rights for the series by providing financing through Don Carmody Television. ^[8]

Filming

The series was filmed in Japan and Lithuania in 2015. ^[10]

Awards and nominations

November 2017	iEMMY AWARDS NIGHT held in New York	Best TV Movie MiniSeries	Nominee : "Tokyo Trial"	Result: won 2nd Place	Ref.
2017	45th International Emmy Awards	Best TV Movie/Mini-Series	—	Nominated	[12]

References

1. "NHK Pacts With Canadian, Dutch Producers on World War II Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. Schilling, Mark (2016-11-16). "Netflix, Japan's NHK Partner on Historical Drama 'Trial'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
3. Sen, Raja (2017-03-17). "In 'Tokyo Trial', Irrfan Khan watches the watchmen". Mint. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
4. "Watch: The trailer for Tokyo Trial starring Irrfan Khan as a dissenting judge during WW II". Firstpost. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
5. "Irrfan Khan ends 2016 with mini-series Tokyo Trials on Netflix". The Indian Express. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
6. "NHKスペシャル | ドラマ 東京裁判第１話". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-18.
7. "Japan's NHK Picks up Netflix Original Drama 'Hibana'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
8. "Netflix to bring NHK drama series to global audience". Nikkei Asian Review. November 17, 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
9. "Tokyo Trial – TV Series – Moviefone". AOL Moviefone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
10. Pinto, Jordan (18 November 2016). "Don Carmody Television's Tokyo Trial set for Netflix premiere". Playback Online. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
11. "Tokyo Trial - Full Cast and Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
12. "2017 International Emmy® Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-10-02.

External links

• Tokyo Trial at IMDb