Additional information for Emperor, which has a domestic theatrical release set for March 8, 2013. The film is being distributed by Roadside Attractions and has not yet been rated. Emperor has a total running time of 105 minutes.
PG-13
USA
G
Japan
PG13
Singapore
105min
Keiser
Estonia
Shûsen no enperâ
Japan
September 14, 2012
Canada
March 08, 2013
USA
April 15, 2013
Denmark
April 25, 2013
Bahrain
April 25, 2013
Kuwait
May 23, 2013
Singapore
July 27, 2013
Japan
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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.
In the largely unexplored world of the early days of the American Occupation following Japan's catastrophic defeat, Emperor tells a fictionalized account based on the real life story of US Army Brigadier General Bonner Frank Fellers (Mathew Fox) who served under General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones). Fellers is given the impossible task to investigate the Emperor's role in the lead-up to war, most specifically his involvement in the decision to attack Pearl Harbor within ten days. This is a great responsibility to which Fellers, a known Japan aficionado who had spent time in Japan before the war, must handle delicately, or risk a general uprising or worse. He will question the accused Class -A War Criminals such as Wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Former Prime Minister Konoe, and Koichi Kido while confronting prejudice from a resentful populace and other American soldiers. Complicating this task is General Richter (Colin Moy) who is bent on derailing Fellers' investigation in order to justify revenge upon the Emperor. As Richter conveys the American Public's demand for revenge, "Revenge is not Justice" argues Fellers. To conduct his investigation, Fellers is assigned a staff and further assisted by Takahashi (Haneda Masayoshi) who is assigned to him as both interpreter and driver who serves diligently without reservation. Takahashi is initially treated with cold indifference by Fellers who is both under the strain of his investigation and his preoccupation with finding his pre-war love interest Aya Shimada (Hatsune Eriko) to which Fellers deliberately steered bombing missions away from her home, Richter will attempt to use this information against him. Post-War tensions, dramatic sets, period costume, and an all star international cast make Emperor a most revealing riveting drama of the Post-War Era.
Peter Webber
Director(s)
Vera Blasi
David Klass
Shiro Okamoto
Writer(s)
Tim Coddington
co-producer
Gary Foster
producer
Russ Krasnoff
producer
Yôko Narahashi
producer
Eugene Nomura
producer
Producer(s)
Alex Heffes
Composer(s)
General Douglas MacArthur
Tommy Lee Jones
General Bonner Fellers
Matthew Fox
Mitsuko Kajima
Kaori Momoi
Teizaburo Sekiya
Isao Natsuyagi
Aya Shimada
Eriko Hatsune
Lt Col. Rogers (rumored)
Aaron Jackson
General Kajima
Toshiyuki Nishida
General Richter
Colin Moy
CIC Commander (as Will Wallace)
William Wallace
Koichi Kido
Masatô Ibu
Lt. Red
Nic Sampson
Emperor
Takatarô Kataoka
Master Sergeant
Gareth Ruck
Hideki Tojo
Shôhei Hino
Fumimaro Konoe
Masatoshi Nakamura
Takahashi
Masayoshi Haneda
Bar Patron #3
Motoshige Nagai
Bar Patron #1
Lance Masa
Japanese Servant Girl
Marina Narita
Bar Patron #2
Toru Ishida
Director(s)
David Klass
Shiro Okamoto
Writer(s)
co-producer
Gary Foster
producer
Russ Krasnoff
producer
Yôko Narahashi
producer
Eugene Nomura
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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