Emperor

Stars
4
Rating
PG-13
Author
Vera Blasi; David Klass;
Length
105 min
Director
Peter Webber
Emperor
Synopsis
"Emperor is a 2012 American-Japanese post-World War II film directed by Peter Webber, marking his first film in five years. Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox star in lead roles as General Douglas MacArthur and Brigadier General Bonner Fellers respectively. It is a joint American and Japanese production." [Wikipedia] "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." [IMDb]
Genre
Historical
Released
2012
Location
East Asia
Netflix
No

This movie is linked to the following periods

PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Showa (Emperor Hirohito)
1926
1989
Japanese
Cold War (U.S.) & Counterculture
1945
1991
United States