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6.2As 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.
Released: 2012-09-14105 minDir: Peter WebberDrama, History, WarBox office: $14.9M
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
Themes
- atomic bomb
- emperor
- based on true story
- japanese surrender
- us military
- 1940s
- general douglas macarthur
- hirohito
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
15,430 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
31%
Metacritic
48/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 899587
- Official website
- emperor-themovie.com
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- publication date
- 2013-09-26
- title
- Emperor
- review score
- 48/100
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New Zealand
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World War II
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Hirohito
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Douglas MacArthur
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Shizuoka
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Hideki Tojo
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Tommy Lee Jones
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Fandom
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Box Office Mojo
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Metacritic
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Matthew Fox
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première
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Variety
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brigadier general
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Imperial Japanese Army
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Fumimaro Konoe
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occupation of Japan
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Alexander Sokurov
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Categories
2010s historical drama films2012 American films2012 drama films2012 English-language films2012 films2012 Japanese-language films2012 war drama filmsAmerican historical drama filmsAmerican multilingual filmsAmerican war drama filmsAmerican World War II filmsCultural depictions of Hideki TojoCultural depictions of HirohitoEnglish-language historical drama filmsEnglish-language Japanese filmsEnglish-language war drama filmsFilms about Douglas MacArthurFilms about the Empire of JapanFilms about the United States ArmyFilms directed by Peter WebberFilms scored by Alex HeffesFilms set in 1945Films set in 1946Films set in Japan