Emperor

Emperor

105 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 14, 2012

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.

Emperor

105 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 14, 2012

Emperor
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 rating 6.5
Producers Krasnoff Foster Productions, United Performers' Studio, Fellers Film
Original title Emperor
Directors Kristin Witcombe, Peter Webber
Writers Vera Blasi, David Klass

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

Masatō 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

William Wallace

as CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson

as Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi

as Head Palace Guard