Caption

Emperor

1731

Year:

2012

Director:

Peter Webber

Country:

 USA Japan

Seen:

Length:

1 hr(s) 45 min (105 min)

Language:

 english

Mediatype:

DVD

Owner:

 Magical

Rating:
 (6.1)

MPAA:

 Rated PG-13 for violent content, brief strong language and smoking (historical)
Rated PG-13

Genres:

Drama
War
History

Plot:

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.

Cast:

Matthew Fox
General Bonner Fellers 		Tommy Lee Jones
General Douglas MacArthur 		Eriko Hatsune
Aya Shimada 		Toshiyuki Nishida
General Kajima 		Masayoshi Haneda
Takahashi
Kaori Momoi
Mitsuko Kajima 		Colin Moy
General Richter 		Masatoshi Nakamura
Prince Konoe 		Masatô Ibu
Koichi Kido 		Isao Natsuyagi
Teizaburo Sekiya
Takatarô Kataoka
Emperor Hirohito 		Aaron Jackson
Lt Col. Rogers 		Nic Sampson
Lieutenant Red 		Shôhei Hino
Hideki Tojo 		William Wallace
CIC Commander (as Will Wallace)
Toru Ishida
Bar Patron #2 		Lance Masa
Bar Patron #1 		Motoshige Nagai
Bar Patron #3 		Gareth Ruck
Master Sergeant (uncredited)