Emperor

PG-13

3/8/20131h 45m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Peter Webber

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$14,858,240.00

Key words:

atomic bomb
emperor
japanese surrender
us military
1940s
general douglas macarthur
hirohito

Cast

Matthew Fox

~ as ~

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

~ as ~

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune

~ as ~

Aya Shimada

Masayoshi Haneda

~ as ~

Takahashi

Kaori Momoi

~ as ~

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida

~ as ~

General Kajima

Colin Moy

~ as ~

General Richter

Masatô Ibu

~ as ~

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi

~ as ~

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka

~ as ~

Emperor Hirohito

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Reviews (1)

T
TomStensson
Written 12 year(s) ago
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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.