Movie: The Tokyo Trial

Top 6 Billed Cast

Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei
林熙蕾

Yoshiko Wada

Liu Weiwei
Liu Weiwei

Drunk's wife

Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang

Damian Lau Chung-Yan
劉松仁

Mei Ru'ao

Ding Yongdai
丁勇岱

General Zhu

Kenneth Tsang
曾江

Hsiang Che-Chun

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    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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    2006-09-01

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