Tokyo_Trial_(miniseries)

<i>Tokyo Trial</i> (miniseries)

Tokyo Trial (miniseries)

2016 television miniseries

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]

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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]

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

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References

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    Schilling, Mark (2016-11-16). "Netflix, Japan's NHK Partner on Historical Drama 'Trial'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    Sen, Raja (2017-03-17). "In 'Tokyo Trial', Irrfan Khan watches the watchmen". Mint. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "Watch: The trailer for Tokyo Trial starring Irrfan Khan as a dissenting judge during WW II". Firstpost. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "Irrfan Khan ends 2016 with mini-series Tokyo Trials on Netflix". The Indian Express. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "NHKスペシャル | ドラマ 東京裁判第１話". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "Japan's NHK Picks up Netflix Original Drama 'Hibana'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "Netflix to bring NHK drama series to global audience". Nikkei Asian Review. November 17, 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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    "Tokyo Trial – TV Series – Moviefone". AOL Moviefone. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    Pinto, Jordan (18 November 2016). "Don Carmody Television's Tokyo Trial set for Netflix premiere". Playback Online. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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    "Tokyo Trial - Full Cast and Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  12. [12]
    "2017 International Emmy® Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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