Emperor
(2012)
★ 6.2 IMDb · 289 votes
Year: 2012
Runtime: 105 мин
Country: Japan, United States of America
Director: Питер Веббер
Cast: Мэттью Фокс, Томми Ли Джонс, Эрико Хацунэ, Масаёси Ханеда, Каори Момои, Тосиюки Нисида, Colin Moy, 伊武雅刀, 夏八木勲, 片岡孝太郎
Plot
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.
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.