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Emperor (2012)

September 14, 2012 (JP) Drama, History, War • 105m

Overview

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.

Director

Peter Webber

Top Billed

Matthew Fox

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox

General Bonner Fellers

Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones

General Douglas MacArthur

Eriko Hatsune
Eriko Hatsune

Aya Shimada

Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Kajima

Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida

General Kajima

Colin Moy
Colin Moy

General Richter

Masatô Ibu
Masatô Ibu

Koichi Kido

Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi

Teizaburo Sekiya

Takatarô Kataoka
Takatarô Kataoka

Emperor Hirohito

Aaron Jackson
Aaron Jackson

Lt Col. Rogers

Will Wallace
Will Wallace

CIC Commander

Kelson Henderson
Kelson Henderson

Adjutant to MacArthur

Takanori Higuchi
Takanori Higuchi

Head Palace Guard

Shōhei Hino
Shōhei Hino

Hideki Tojo

Crew
David Klass
David Klass

Screenplay

Stuart Dryburgh
Stuart Dryburgh

Director of Photography

Vera Blasi
Vera Blasi

Screenplay

Toby Lloyd
Toby Lloyd

Sound Recordist

Ngila Dickson
Ngila Dickson

Costume Design

Daniel Birt
Daniel Birt

Set Decoration

Lora Hirschberg
Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mike Holloway
Mike Holloway

Location Manager

Grant Major
Grant Major

Production Design

Jill Cormack
Jill Cormack

Art Direction

Tim Prebble
Tim Prebble

Sound Designer

Wade Hannett
Wade Hannett

Scenic Artist

Troy Hannett
Troy Hannett

Scenic Artist

Peter Skarratt
Peter Skarratt

First Assistant Editor

Nigel Scott
Nigel Scott

Music Editor

Matthew Lambourn
Matthew Lambourn

Sound Effects Editor

Ulric Raymond
Ulric Raymond

Camera Operator

John Enright
John Enright

Rigging Gaffer

Helen Strevens
Helen Strevens

Set Designer

Paul Glubb
Paul Glubb

Visual Effects Producer

Allan Poppleton
Allan Poppleton

Stunt Coordinator

Julian Dimsey
Julian Dimsey

Visual Effects Supervisor

Matt Cornelius
Matt Cornelius

Property Master

Sam Storey
Sam Storey

Assistant Art Director

Jenny Rushton
Jenny Rushton

Costume Supervisor

Todd Smythe
Todd Smythe

Construction Coordinator

Kirsty Griffin
Kirsty Griffin

Still Photographer

Nicolas Williams
Nicolas Williams

Sound Recordist

Linda Musson
Linda Musson

Transportation Coordinator

Simon Ambridge
Simon Ambridge

Production Manager

Gilbert Lake
Gilbert Lake

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Diana Goulding
Diana Goulding

Unit Publicist

Nick Connor
Nick Connor

Set Designer

Ineke Majoor
Ineke Majoor

Visual Effects Producer

Nicky Barron
Nicky Barron

Set Costumer

Alyx Duncan
Alyx Duncan

Choreographer

Kristin Witcombe
Kristin Witcombe

Script Supervisor

Shane Hall
Shane Hall

Animation

Alex Heffes
Alex Heffes

Original Music Composer

Stuart Thorp
Stuart Thorp

Stunt Driver

Jim Petrak
Jim Petrak

Additional Sound Re-Recordist



Reviews

TomStensson

June 8, 2013

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?<br/> Unfortunately, the story misses many opportunities to mo… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

$14,858,240

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