Emperor (2012)

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

Movie · Drama, History, War · 1h 45m · Rated 6.2/10 on TMDB · Released September 14, 2012

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.

Directed by 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
• Colin Moy as General Richter
• Masatô Ibu as Koichi Kido
• Isao Natsuyagi as Teizaburo Sekiya
• Takatarô Kataoka as Emperor Hirohito
• Aaron Jackson as Lt Col. Rogers
• Nic Sampson as Lt. Red

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