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''THE TOKYO TRIAL'' is a 4 1/2-hour account of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that is visually satisfying but historically empty. Masaki Kobayashi, the director, himself a prisoner of war, has interspersed the trial scenes with bits from World War II archives that, granted the importance of the trial itself, seem largely irrelevant.

The sympathy of the movie, which opens today at the Film Forum, is with the 28 former generals, admirals and politicians who were tried from 1946 to 1948 for acts in the period from Jan. 1, 1928, to Sept. 1, 1945. The acts included conspiracy to make war and assorted atrocities. All of the accused - with the exception of three who died during the trial or were acquitted - were found guilty. Seven, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were hanged.

The accused faced 12 Allied judges. The judges glared at the Japanese. The Japanese impassively gazed at the judges. The viewer knows the out