Emperor
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Emperor (2012)

12A
04/10/2013 (GB)
Drama, History, War
1h 45m

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.

  • Peter WebberDirector
  • Vera BlasiScreenplay
  • David KlassScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Revenue

    $14,858,240

Keywords

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

Top Billed Cast

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

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