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Emperor

6.2/10
TMDB291 votes
2012Original: English105 min

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.

Genres: Drama, History, War
Cast: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi

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About Emperor

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

Emperor (2012) is a film in the drama, history, war genres. Directed by Peter Webber. The cast includes Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda.

Released
2012-09-14
Original language
English
Runtime
105 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan, United States of America
Production companies
Fellers Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio
Directors
Peter Webber
Writers
Vera Blasi, David Klass

Emperor cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.2/10 from 291 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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…

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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.

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What is Emperor about?

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.

Who stars in Emperor?

Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayoshi Haneda, Kaori Momoi, Toshiyuki Nishida. See the cast cards above for character names.

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