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Emperor (2012)

Emperor (2012)

Drama History War

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

Release Date: 2012, September 14
Directors: Peter Webber
Countries: Japan, United States of America
Production: Fellers Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio
Cast: Shōhei Hino, Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Masayoshi Haneda, Will Wallace, Kaori Momoi, Eriko Hatsune, Aaron Jackson, Kelson Henderson, Isao Natsuyagi, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masatô Ibu

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.

Keywords:

based on true story 1940s emperor us military atomic bomb japanese surrender general douglas macarthur hirohito