Tokyo Trial (film)

Tokyo Trial
Traditional	東京審判
Simplified	东京审判
Mandarin	Dōngjīng Shěnpàn
Directed by	Gao Qunshu
Starring	Damian Lau Ken Chu Kelly Lin Kenneth Tsang Eric Tsang
Release date(s)	September 1, 2006 (China)
Running time	111 min.
Language	Chinese (Mandarin) English Japanese

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

Story

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 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.

Cast

• Damian Lau
• Ken Chu
• Kelly Lin
• Kenneth Tsang
• Eric Tsang
• Liu Weiwei
• Tse Kwan-Ho
• Ying Da
• Joe Bosco
• Ding Yongdai
• Dan Ziskie

Reception

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: The Last Stand."^[1]

See also

• Japanese war crimes
• Nanking Massacre
• Nanking (film)

References

1. ^ Tokyo trial film enjoys big success

External links

• Tokyo Trial at the Internet Movie Database
• Tokyo Trial, a movie no chinese should miss, [1],