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DramaHistoryWar

Emperor

- After the war was won, the battle for peace began.

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.

Release Date : 2012-09-14

Language :EnglishJapanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fellers FilmKrasnoff / Foster EntertainmentUnited Performers' Studio

Production Country : JapanUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Matthew Fox

Character Name : General Bonner Fellers

Original Name : Matthew Fox

Gender : Male

Tommy Lee Jones

Character Name : General Douglas MacArthur

Original Name : Tommy Lee Jones

Gender : Male

Eriko Hatsune

Character Name : Aya Shimada

Original Name : 初音映莉子

Gender : Female

Masayoshi Haneda

Character Name : Takahashi

Original Name : Masayoshi Haneda

Gender : Male

Kaori Momoi

Character Name : Mitsuko Kajima

Original Name : 桃井かおり

Gender : Female

Toshiyuki Nishida

Character Name : General Kajima

Original Name : 西田敏行

Gender : Male

Colin Moy

Character Name : General Richter

Original Name : Colin Moy

Gender : Male

Masatô Ibu

Character Name : Koichi Kido

Original Name : 伊武雅刀

Gender : Male

Isao Natsuyagi

Character Name : Teizaburo Sekiya

Original Name : 夏八木勲

Gender : Male

Takatarô Kataoka

Character Name : Emperor Hirohito

Original Name : 片岡孝太郎

Gender : Male

Aaron Jackson

Character Name : Lt Col. Rogers

Original Name : Aaron Jackson

Gender : Male

Nic Sampson

Character Name : Lt. Red

Original Name : Nic Sampson

Gender : Male

Will Wallace

Character Name : CIC Commander

Original Name : Will Wallace

Gender : Male

Kelson Henderson

Character Name : Adjutant to MacArthur

Original Name : Kelson Henderson

Gender : Male

Takanori Higuchi

Character Name : Head Palace Guard

Original Name : 菊池隆則

Gender : Male

Reviews

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TomStensson

@TomStensson

2021-06-23

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?
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.
It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.