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| Genre: | Historical drama | ||||||||
| Director: | Pieter Verhoeff Rob W. King | ||||||||
| Narrated: | Stacy Keach | ||||||||
| Composer: | Robert Carli | ||||||||
| Language: | Japanese English[1] | ||||||||
| Num Series: | 1 | ||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 4 | ||||||||
| Executive Producer: | Don Carmody David Cormican Hans de Weers Takashi Enjo | ||||||||
| Producer: | Shinsuke Naitô David Cormican Hans de Weers | ||||||||
| Location: | Japan Lithuania | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Rolf Dekens | ||||||||
| Editor: | Daryl K. Davis | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 45 minutes | ||||||||
| Company: | NHK FATT Productions Don Carmody Television | ||||||||
| Network: | NHK |
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] Overseas, the series premiered in 190 countries on Netflix in December 2016.[8]
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.[9]
Judges
Other cast
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. Netflix gained streaming rights for the series by providing financing through Don Carmody Television.[10]
The series was filmed in Japan and Lithuania in 2015.[11]