Tokyo Trial (film)

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Tokyo Trial
Directed by Gao Qunshu
Release date(s) September 1, 2006 (China)
Running time 111 min.
Language Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Japanese
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Chinese name
Simplified Chinese: 东京审判
Traditional Chinese: 東京審判
Pinyin: Dongjing Xuanpan

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

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This film was directed by Gao Qunshu and is about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after Japan surrendered after World War II. The movie presents the Trial from the point of view of the Chinese judge Mei Ju-ao. The only Chinese judge at the tribunal convinced the other judges that Hideki Tojo should be hanged.

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 60 years ago 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.

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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 III: The Last Stand."[1]

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  1. ^ Tokyo trial film enjoys big success

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