Tokyo Trial (miniseries)

Tokyo Trial
Promotional poster
Kanji東京裁判
GenreHistorical drama
Written byRob W. King
Max Mannix
Toru Takagi
Kees van Beijnum
Directed byPieter Verhoeff
Rob W. King
Starring
Narrated byStacy Keach
ComposerRobert Carli
Country of origin
    • Japan
    • Canada
    • Netherlands
Original languagesJapanese
English[1]
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersDon Carmody
David Cormican
Hans de Weers
Takashi Enjo
ProducersShinsuke Naitô
David Cormican
Hans de Weers
Production locationsJapan
Lithuania
CinematographyRolf Dekens
EditorDaryl K. Davis
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesNHK
FATT Productions
Don Carmody Television
Original release
NetworkNHK
Release12 December (2016-12-12) –
15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
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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][2][8] Overseas, the series premiered in 190 countries on Netflix in December 2016.[9][10][8]

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  2. ^ a b 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.
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  9. ^ "Tokyo Trial – TV Series – Moviefone". AOL Moviefone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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