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In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
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Japan
asHideki Tojo
asPrime Minister Konoe
asKōki Hirota
asForeign Affairs Minister Togo
asWar Minister Anami
asLord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan Kido
asAmbassador Kurusu
asAmbassador Nomura
asAdmiral Yamamoto
asAdmiral Yonai
asCounsel Kiyose
asCounsel Shimazu
asCounsel Hayashi
Cast
asChief Defense Counsel Uzawa
asSadao Araki
asShumei Okawa
asPriest Hanayama
asLieutenant Colonel Takeda
asPrime Minister Suzuki
asAdmiral Shimada
asAdmiral Nagano
asAdmiral Sugiyama
asAdmiral Oikawa
asVice-Admiral Nagumo
asVice-Admiral Ito
asVice-Admiral Yamashita
asCaptain of the Yamato
asFirst Officer of the Yamato
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