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Emperor

2012·Drama·1h 45m
7.0
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
atomic bomb
emperor
based on true story
japanese surrender
us military
1940s
general douglas macarthur
hirohito

Cast

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

Crew

Peter Webber
Peter Webber
Director
Alex Heffes
Alex Heffes
Original Music Composer
Stuart Dryburgh
Stuart Dryburgh
Director of Photography
Yoko Narahashi
Yoko Narahashi
Producer
Eugene Nomura
Eugene Nomura
Producer
Ngila Dickson
Ngila Dickson
Costume Design
Yoko Narahashi
Yoko Narahashi
Casting
Lora Hirschberg
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Allan Poppleton
Allan Poppleton
Stunt Coordinator
Jacob Tomuri
Jacob Tomuri
Stunts
Stuart Thorp
Stuart Thorp
Stunt Driver

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Meridian
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Not a perfectly-done film and falls into some pretty glaring historical and cultural biases. Still I really appreciate how the filmmakers placed a personal love-story on humility, forgiveness and acceptance of the past within a grander narrative on honesty, integrity and ultimately, justice.

It is about picking up the pieces of innocence – whether lost in love or from war – and accepting the need to move on. That's the poetry of the film's essence that I found the most profound.
Not a perfectly-done film and falls into some pretty glaring historical and cultural biases. Still I really appreciate how the filmmakers placed a personal love-story on humility, forgiveness and acceptance of the past within a grander narrative on honesty, integrity and ultimately, justice.

It is about picking up the pieces of innocence – whether lost in love or from war – and accepting the need to move on. That's the poetry of the film's essence that I found the most profound.
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