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Emperor
Emperor

6.1

Emperor

PG-13·2012·105m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Peter Webber

Screenplay

David Klass

Screenplay

Vera Blasi

Reviews

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TomStensson

June 8, 2013

An ambitious attempt to describe a very important problem facing MacArthur when he became Supreme Commander over Japan: should he drag the emperor to a war crime tribunal in order to appease politicians back home in the US who felt that the voters wanted it, or should he be more concerned about restoring Japan as quickly as possible to ensure that communism didn't get a foothold there?<br/> Unfortunately, the story misses many opportunities to more deeply explore cultural differences and moral dilemmas, and instead is filled with several distracting short scenes and sidelines that confuse rather than enlighten.<br/> It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$14,858,240.00

Keywords

atomic bomb
emperor
japanese surrender
us military
1940s
general douglas macarthur
hirohito