Emperor

Theatrical - Wide 2012-09-14

Cast Matthew Fox Tommy Lee Jones Masayoshi Haneda Kaori Momoi Will Wallace
Directed by Peter Webber
Written by David Klass Vera Blasi

Box Office Gross: $14,858,240

Running Time: 105 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Fellers Film, Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, United Performers' Studio

Genres: Drama History War

JoBlo's Rating

5/10

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... See more in the U.S.

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