Drama ·History ·War · Japan · 2012 · 1h 45m

Emperor

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Director
Peter Webber
Cast
Matthew Fox as General Bonner Fellers Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur Eriko Hatsune as Aya Shimada Masayoshi Haneda as Takahashi Kaori Momoi as Mitsuko Kajima Toshiyuki Nishida as General Kajima
Crew
Stuart Dryburgh — Director of Photography Alex Heffes — Original Music Composer Vera Blasi — Screenplay David Klass — Screenplay Gary Foster — Producer Russ Krasnoff — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Emperor — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
atomic bombemperorbased on true storyjapanese surrenderus military1940sgeneral douglas macarthurhirohito
Key Collaborators
Peter Webber Director Stuart Dryburgh Director of Photography Alex Heffes Original Music Composer Vera Blasi Screenplay David Klass Screenplay Gary Foster Producer Russ Krasnoff Producer Yoko Narahashi Producer Eugene Nomura Producer Grant Major Production Design Ngila Dickson Costume Design
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