Emperor (2012)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,858,240.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 18.707 |
Directed By
Peter Webber
Crew
David Klass
Yōko Narahashi
Stuart Dryburgh
Eugene Nomura
Gary Foster
Peter Webber
Vera Blasi
Russ Krasnoff
Toby Lloyd
Ngila Dickson
Jane Jenkins
Daniel Birt
Lora Hirschberg
Mike Holloway
Grant Major
Jill Cormack
Tim Prebble
Wade Hannett
Claire Rutledge
Troy Hannett
Jim Petrak
Hayley Atherton
John Simpson
Peter Skarratt
Nigel Scott
Matthew Lambourn
Ulric Raymond
John Enright
Helen Strevens
Paul Glubb
Allan Poppleton
Julian Dimsey
Yōko Narahashi
Matt Cornelius
Sam Storey
Jenny Rushton
Todd Smythe
Kirsty Griffin
Sean O'Neill
Nicolas Williams
Linda Musson
Tina Cleary
Simon Ambridge
Gilbert Lake
Diana Goulding
Nick Connor
Ineke Majoor
Nicky Barron
Alyx Duncan
Kristin Witcombe
Shane Hall
Alex Heffes
Jacob Tomuri
TOP 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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