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Emperor

Emperor

★ 6.2/10•2012•1h 45m•PG-13•Drama•History•War

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

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 Webber · Director

Vera Blasi · Screenplay

David Klass · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 14, 2012
Revenue$14,858,240

Actors

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

Aaron Jackson

Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Nic Sampson

Nic Sampson

Lt. Red

Will Wallace

Will Wallace

CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson

Kelson Henderson

Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi

Takanori Higuchi

Head Palace Guard

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Hideki Tojo

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