Emperor

Emperor

2012105 min
6.1/10
DramaHistoryWar

Plot Summary

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

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👥Cast (15)

Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune

Eriko Hatsune

Aya Shimada

Masayoshi Haneda

Masayoshi Haneda

Takahashi

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

General Kajima

Colin Moy

Colin Moy

General Richter

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka

Takatarô Kataoka

Emperor Hirohito

Aaron Jackson

Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Nic Sampson

Nic Sampson

Lt. Red

🎬Crew

Director

Peter Webber

Writers

Vera Blasi, David Klass

Producers

Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, Yoko Narahashi, Eugene Nomura

🖼️Gallery (8 images)

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🏷️Keywords

atomic bombemperorjapanese surrenderus military1940sgeneral douglas macarthurhirohito

💬Reviews (1)

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TomStensson

6/8/2013

An ambitious attempt to describe a very important problem facing MacArthur when he became Supreme Commander over Japan: should he drag the emperor to a war crime tribunal in order to appease politicians back home in the US who felt that the voters wanted it, or should he be more concerned about restoring Japan as quickly as possible to ensure that communism didn't get a foothold there?<br/> Unfortunately, the story misses many opportunities to more deeply explore cultural differences and moral dilemmas, and instead is filled with several distracting short scenes and sidelines that confuse rather than enlighten.<br/> It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.

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