Masaki KobayashiCast
Documentary
Credits
Written by: Shun Inagaki
Plot
A documentary about the postwar war crimes trial.
Sinekatalog’s take
Masaki Kobayashi's four-hour documentary reconstructs the postwar Tokyo war crimes trials from archive footage. Calm and rigorous, it is a monumental, thoughtful examination of justice, responsibility and memory.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (307 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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