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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…
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Emperor
“After the war was won, the battle for peace began.”
62%
Movie
1h 45m
AI Analysis
Emperor (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Emperor (2012) — a movie tagged as Drama, History, and War with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~105 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Emperor 62% (283 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-09-14
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 127372
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What is Emperor about?
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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Emperor?
The official runtime for Emperor is approximately 105 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
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
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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 restoring Japan as quickly as possible to ensure that communism didn't get a foothold there? 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. It could have been a great film, but now it's just decent.
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