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Emperor( 2012)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Matthew Fox

      General Bonner Fellers

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      Tommy Lee Jones

      General Douglas MacArthur

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      Eriko Hatsune

      Aya Shimada

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      Masayoshi Haneda

      Takahashi

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      Kaori Momoi

      Mitsuko Kajima

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      Toshiyuki Nishida

      General Kajima

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      Colin Moy

      General Richter

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      Masatô Ibu

      Koichi Kido

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      Isao Natsuyagi

      Teizaburo Sekiya

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      Takatarô Kataoka

      Emperor Hirohito

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      Aaron Jackson

      Lt Col. Rogers

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      Nic Sampson

      Lt. Red

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      Will Wallace

      CIC Commander

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      Kelson Henderson

      Adjutant to MacArthur

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      Takanori Higuchi

      Head Palace Guard

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    A review by TomStensson

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    Written by TomStensson on Sat Jun 08 2013
    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 rathe...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    14858240.00

    Keywords

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