Emperor

"Japan 1945: General Douglas MacArthur was given a mission to decide the fate of a nation, the guilt of a leader, and the true price of peace."

A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal? Interwoven is the story of Fellers' love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and the future of two nations.

Details

Catalogue Number: VVE4237
Format: DVD
Genre: War
Rating: M
Release Date: 07 08 2024
Production Year: 2012
Distributor: 105
Languages: English, Japanese
Rating Advice: Moderate Coarse Language| Moderate Violence
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: Peter Webber

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Kaori Momoi, Eriko Hatsune, Aaron Jackson, Colin Moy, William Wallace, Toshiyuki Nishida, Isao Natsuyagi, Masato Ibu, Nic Sampson, Takataro Kataoka, Gareth Ruck, Masayoshi Haneda, Shohei Hino