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The Tokyo Trial
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Title: The Tokyo Trial

Release Date: 1 Sep 2006

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Beijing Xianming

Production Companies: Beijing Xianming

Overview: This film was directed by Gao Qunshu and is about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after Japan's surrender in World War II. The movie presents the trial from the point of view of the Chinese judge Mei Ju-ao. 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 the trial 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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Cast

  • Yoshiko Wada: Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei
  • Drunk's wife: Liu Weiwei
  • : Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
  • Mei Ru'ao: Damian Lau Chung-Yan
  • General Zhu: Ding Yongdai
  • Hsiang Che-Chun: Kenneth Tsang
  • : Ken Chu
  • : Tse Kwan-Ho
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