Film

Emperor

2012 · 1h 45m · Drama · History · War

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

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

31%

Metacritic

48

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.

Matthew Fox

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune

Aya Shimada

Masayoshi Haneda

Takahashi

Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida

General Kajima

Colin Moy

General Richter

Masatô Ibu

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka

Emperor Hirohito

Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Nic Sampson

Lt. Red

Will Wallace

CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson

Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi

Head Palace Guard

• Peter WebberDirector
• Vera BlasiScreenplay
• David KlassScreenplay
• Yoko NarahashiProducer · Casting
• Gary FosterProducer
• Eugene NomuraProducer
• Russ KrasnoffProducer
• Stuart DryburghDirector of Photography
• Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
• Jane JenkinsCasting

Official Theatrical TrailerEmperor Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox Movie HD

Release date

September 14, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$14,858,240

Genres

Drama, History, War

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