Tokyo Trial (miniseries)

Tokyo Trial is a Japanese four-part historical drama miniseries that depicts the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The series was co-directed by Pieter Verhoeff and Rob W. King, and produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK in a co-production with FATT Productions of the Netherlands and Don Carmody Television of Canada.[2][3]

Tokyo Trial
Promotional poster
Kanji東京裁判
GenreHistorical drama
Developed byNHK
Written byRob W. King
Max Mannix
Kees van Beijnum
Directed byPieter Verhoeff
Rob W. King
Narrated byStacy Keach
ComposerRobert Carli
Country of originJapan
United States
Original languagesEnglish[1]
Japanese
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersDon Carmody
David Cormican
Hans de Weers
Takashi Enjo
ProducerShinsuke Naitô
Production locationsJapan
Lithuania
CinematographyRolf Dekens
EditorDaryl K. Davis
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesNHK
FATT Productions
Don Carmody Television
Release
Original networkNHK
Original release12 December (2016-12-12) –
15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)

The series stars Marcel Hensema, Jonathan Hyde, Paul Freeman, Stephen McHattie, Julian Wadham, Irrfan Khan, and Michael Ironside.[4][5]

Tokyo Trial premiered on NHK in Japan on 12 December 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] The Netflix broadcast of the series includes subtitles in 20 languages.[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

Other cast

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
Year Organization Category Nominee(s) Result 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. 18, Jordan Pinto November; 2016. "Don Carmody Television's Tokyo Trial set for Netflix premiere". Playback Online. Retrieved 2017-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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.
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