Overview
Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.
Director and cast
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
- Eiji Okuda as Ichirou Kiyose
- Gin Maeda as Sadao Akamatsu
- Takehiro Murata as Kiyoshi Itou
- Ronny Cox as William Flood Web
- Scott Wilson as Joseph Berry Keenan
- Gitan Ohtsuru as Yasuo Tachibana
- Naho Toda as Akiko Aratani
- Aki Maeda as Kimie Tojo
- Shoko Aida as Mitsue Tojo
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