Emperor poster
Director Peter Webber
Screenplay David Klass, Vera Blasi

Emperor

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

Release Date: 2012-09-14

Duration: 105 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Tommy Lee Jones
    General Douglas MacArthur
  • Toshiyuki Nishida
    General Kajima
  • Matthew Fox
    General Bonner Fellers
  • Masatō Ibu
    Koichi Kido
  • Kelson Henderson
    Adjutant to MacArthur
  • Kaori Momoi
    Mitsuko Kajima
  • Isao Natsuyagi
    Teizaburo Sekiya
  • Masayoshi Haneda
    Takahashi
  • Eriko Hatsune
    Aya Shimada
  • Colin Moy
    General Richter