Directed by:
Peter WebberCinematography:
Stuart DryburghComposer:
Alex HeffesCast:
Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Masayuki Ibu, Kaori Momoi, Colin Moy, 夏八木勲, Masayoshi Haneda, Gareth Ruck, Yôko Narahashi, Takatarô Kataoka (more)VOD (3)
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The movie unfolds the story, inspired by true events, of the bold and secret moves that won the peace in the shadows of postwar Japan. The story of Emperor is based on the resonant, real events of 1945, when General MacArthur took control of a shell-shocked Japan on behalf of the U.S and Bonner Fellers worked covertly to investigate the Emperoras fate while the future of the nation hung in the balance. Entwined with an against-the-odds romance, the story traverses the conflicting loyalties between heart and homeland, between revenge and justice, as the world rebuilds from the ruins of war. Matthew Fox joins with Academy AwardA winner Tommy Lee Jones, newcomer Eriko Hatsune and award-winning Japanese star Toshiyuki Nishida to bring to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohitoas World War II surrender. As General Douglas MacArthur (Jones) suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation, he assigns an expert in Japanese culture a' and psychological warfare a' General Bonner Fellers (Fox), to covertly investigate the looming question hanging over the country: should the Japanese Emperor, worshiped by his people but accused of war crimes, be punished or saved? Caught between the high-wire political intrigue of his urgent mission and his own impassioned search for the mysterious school teacher (Hatsune) who first drew him to Japan, Fellers can be certain only that the tricky subterfuge about to play out will forever change the history of two nations and his heart. (The Works UK Distribution)
(more)Cast
![Matthew Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/476/164476978_9eb9a1.png)
Matthew Fox
USA
Best movies:
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
World War Z (2013)
We Are Marshall (2006)
![Tommy Lee Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996833_467cca.jpg)
Tommy Lee Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
JFK (1991)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
![Eriko Hatsune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/988/157988076_fd8a07.jpg)
Eriko Hatsune
Japan
Best movies:
Spiral (2000)
Emperor (2012)
Norwegian Wood (2010)
![Masayuki Ibu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/330/167330603_487cd2.jpg)
Masayuki Ibu
Japan
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Heaven and Earth (1990)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
![Kaori Momoi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274774_97fcd1.jpg)
Kaori Momoi
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
![Colin Moy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/560/162560425_cbf16e.jpg)
Colin Moy
Best movies:
In My Father's Den (2004)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Emperor (2012)
![夏八木勲](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/988/157988069_a7927d.jpg)
夏八木勲
Japan
Best movies:
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
Masayoshi Haneda
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
![Gareth Ruck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/138/160138006_6060ac.jpg)
Yôko Narahashi
Best movies:
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Emperor (2012)
Takatarô Kataoka
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Emperor (2012)
![Shôhei Hino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/878/166878967_98824c.jpg)
Shôhei Hino
Japan
Best movies:
Owl's Castle (1999)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
![中村雅俊](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/343/161343103_da6b9a.jpg)
中村雅俊
Japan
Best movies:
A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (2013) - narrator
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005)
Emperor (2012)
Nic Sampson
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Emperor (2012)
The Warrior's Way (2010)
Jim McLarty
Best movies:
King Kong (2005)
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
The Frighteners (1996)
Will Wallace
New Zealand
Best movies:
King Kong (2005)
Emperor (2012)
Murder in Greenwich (2002) (TV movie)
Paul Gittins
Best movies:
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004) (TV movie)
Safe House (2012)
Emperor (2012)
Kelson Henderson
New Zealand
Best movies:
Avatar (2009)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
30 Days of Night (2007)