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
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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 Bonner Fellers
Matthew Fox
General Douglas MacArthur
Tommy Lee Jones
Aya Shimada
Eriko Hatsune
General Kajima
Toshiyuki Nishida
Takahashi
Masayoshi Haneda
Mitsuko Kajima
Kaori Momoi
General Richter
Colin Moy
Prince Konoe
Masatoshi Nakamura
Koichi Kido
Masatô Ibu
Teizaburo Sekiya
Isao Natsuyagi
Emperor Hirohito
Takatarô Kataoka
Lt Col. Rogers
Aaron Jackson
Lieutenant Red
Nic Sampson
Hideki Tojo
Shôhei Hino
CIC Commander (as Will Wallace)
William Wallace
Bar Patron #2
Toru Ishida
Bar Patron #1
Lance Masa
Bar Patron #3
Motoshige Nagai
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Gareth Ruck
Emperor
No theatrical release dates have been decided.
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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