Emperor (2012)

6.2/10 • 105 min • Drama History War

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.

Cast

Matthew Fox

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune

Aya Shimada

Masayoshi Haneda

Takahashi

Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida

General Kajima

Colin Moy

General Richter

Masatô Ibu

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka

Emperor Hirohito

Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Nic Sampson

Lt. Red

Will Wallace

CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson

Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi

Head Palace Guard

Shōhei Hino

Hideki Tojo

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