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.
as Hideki Tojo
as Prime Minister Konoe
as Kōki Hirota
as Foreign Affairs Minister Togo
as War Minister Anami
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan Kido
as Ambassador Kurusu
as Ambassador Nomura
as Admiral Yamamoto
as Admiral Yonai
as Counsel Kiyose
as Counsel Shimazu
as Counsel Hayashi
as Chief Defense Counsel Uzawa
as Sadao Araki
as Shumei Okawa
as Priest Hanayama
as Lieutenant Colonel Takeda
as Prime Minister Suzuki
as Admiral Shimada
as Admiral Nagano
as Admiral Sugiyama
as Admiral Oikawa
as Vice-Admiral Nagumo
as Vice-Admiral Ito
as Vice-Admiral Yamashita
as Captain of the Yamato
as First Officer of the Yamato
as Yamato Staff Officer
as Yamato Staff Officer
as Yamato Staff Officer
as Yamato Staff Officer
as Lieutenant Yamada
as Seishiro Itagaki
as Iwane Matsui
as Kenji Doihara
as Akira Muto
as Heitaro Kimura
as General Umezu
as Teiichi Suzuki
as Mamoru Shigemitsu
as Shigeru Yoshida
as Hatakeyama
as Patrolman Fujii
as Kakiuchi
as Secretary Omura
as Counselor Inoue
as Interpreter
as Emperor of Manchukuo
as Ryukichi Tanaka
as Dr. Takikawa
as Mrs. Tojo
as Tojo's older daughter
as Tojo's younger daughter
as Mrs. Hirota
as Hirota's older daughter
as Hirota's younger daughter
as Lady Konoe
as Konoe's second son
as Tokyo Rose
