COLLECTION · Movie · 2012

Emperor

Name: Emperor
Genre: Drama, History, War
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.2

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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* 6.2 (283)DramaHistoryWarJapan · United States

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Directors

Peter Webber

Countries

Japan · United States

Studios

Fellers Film · Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment · United Performers' Studio

Runtime

105 min

Age rating

PG-13(US — 13+)

Release

14/09/2012

Score

6.2 / 10 (283)

Where to watch

Free

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Cast

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

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User reviews

TomStensson

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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Keywords

atomic bombemperorbased on true storyjapanese surrenderus military1940sgeneral douglas macarthurhirohito