Emperor
After the war was won, the battle for peace began.
2012 | 105m | English
Popularity: 14 (history)
| Director: | Peter Webber |
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| Writer: | Vera Blasi, David Klass |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 14, 2012 |
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| Director: | Peter Webber |
| Writer: | Vera Blasi, David Klass |
| Genres: | Drama, History, War |
| Keywords | atomic bomb, emperor, japanese surrender, us military, 1940s, general douglas macarthur, hirohito |
| Production Companies | Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio, Fellers Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $14,858,240
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Vera Blasi | Screenplay |
| David Klass | Screenplay |
| Stuart Dryburgh | Director of Photography |
| Tina Cleary | Casting |
| Grant Major | Production Design |
| Jill Cormack | Art Direction |
| Hayley Atherton | Hairstylist |
| Claire Rutledge | Hairstylist |
| Simon Ambridge | Production Manager |
| Matt Cornelius | Property Master |
| Sam Storey | Assistant Art Director |
| Todd Smythe | Construction Coordinator |
| Nick Connor | Set Designer |
| Troy Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Wade Hannett | Scenic Artist |
| Helen Strevens | Set Designer |
| John Simpson | Foley |
| Jim Petrak | Sound Recordist |
| Nicolas Williams | Sound Recordist |
| Tim Prebble | Sound Designer |
| Matthew Lambourn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gilbert Lake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Paul Glubb | Visual Effects Producer |
| Ineke Majoor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Julian Dimsey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Ulric Raymond | Camera Operator |
| Kirsty Griffin | Still Photographer |
| Sean O'Neill | Gaffer |
| John Enright | Rigging Gaffer |
| Jenny Rushton | Costume Supervisor |
| Nicky Barron | Set Costumer |
| Peter Skarratt | First Assistant Editor |
| Nigel Scott | Music Editor |
| Linda Musson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Alyx Duncan | Choreographer |
| Kristin Witcombe | Script Supervisor |
| Diana Goulding | Unit Publicist |
| Mike Holloway | Location Manager |
| Shane Hall | Animation |
| Toby Lloyd | Sound Recordist |
| Peter Webber | Director |
| Ngila Dickson | Costume Design |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Yōko Narahashi | Casting |
| Daniel Birt | Set Decoration |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Allan Poppleton | Stunt Coordinator |
| Alex Heffes | Original Music Composer |
| Jacob Tomuri | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gary Foster | Producer |
| Russ Krasnoff | Producer |
| Yōko Narahashi | Producer |
| Eugene Nomura | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 40 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 22 | 35 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 12 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
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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 rest ... oring 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.